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Physiologically-indexed and self-perceived affective empathy in Conduct-Disordered children high and low on Callous-Unemotional traits.

Department of Psychology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Child Psychiatry and Human Development (impact factor: 1.93). 10/2008; 39(4):503-17. DOI:10.1007/s10578-008-0104-y pp.503-17
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ABSTRACT Heart rate (HR) was employed to compare vicarious affective arousal across three groups of children (aged 7.6 - 11, N = 95): Conduct Disordered (CD) elevated on Callous-Unemotional traits (CD/CU), CD low on CU traits (CD-only), and [Symbol: see text]typically-developing' controls, matched in age, gender and socioeconomic background. While watching an emotion evocative film, participants' HR was monitored. Immediately after viewing, self-reported vicarious responses were obtained. Participants also completed the Bryant Empathy Index. CD/CU children displayed lower magnitude of HR change than both CD-only and controls. Both CD groups reported fewer vicarious responses and scored lower than controls on the empathy index. These results support distinct deficits across CD subsets, suggestive of distinct mechanisms underlying their antisocial conduct.

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Keywords

Bryant Empathy Index
 
CD groups
 
CD low
 
CD subsets
 
CD-only
 
CD/CU
 
CD/CU children
 
Conduct Disordered
 
CU traits
 
distinct mechanisms
 
emotion evocative film
 
empathy index
 
Heart rate
 
lower magnitude
 
results support distinct deficits
 
self-reported vicarious responses
 
socioeconomic background
 
text]typically-developing' controls
 
vicarious affective arousal
 
vicarious responses