Examination of the importance of age of onset, callous-unemotional traits and anger dysregulation in youths with antisocial behaviors.

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Title
Examination of the importance of age of onset, callous-unemotional traits and anger dysregulation in youths with antisocial behaviors.
Journal
European child & adolescent psychiatry
Author(s)
Urben S., Stéphan P., Habersaat S., Francescotti E., Fegert J.M., Schmeck K., Perler C., Gasser J., Schmid M.
ISSN
1435-165X (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1018-8827
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
26
Number
1
Pages
87-97
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Age of onset, callous-unemotional (CU) traits and anger dysregulation have separately been proposed as relevant factors in explaining the heterogeneity of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Taking a dimensional perspective, this study examined the specific contributions and the mutual influences (i.e., interactions) of these three characteristics on specific dimensions of ASB (i.e., criminal behaviours and externalizing symptoms). Assessments were conducted on 536 youths from institutions with the youth psychopathic traits inventory (CU traits), the Massachusetts youth screening instrument-second version (anger dysregulation), the criminology questionnaire (criminal behaviours) and the child behavior checklist (externalizing symptoms), rated by both the youths and their carers. Using Bayes as estimators, the results revealed that the number and frequency of crimes (and, more specifically, damage to property, property offenses and media crimes) were explained by a specific contribution of each factor (age of onset, CU traits and anger dysregulation). Additionally, the interactions between age of onset and CU traits or anger dysregulation were relevant predictors of some types of crimes (i.e., damage to property, property offences and media crimes). Furthermore, when rated by youths, externalizing symptoms were explained by CU traits and anger dysregulation. However, when rated by the carer, anger dysregulation was more important in explaining externalizing symptoms. This study highlights the importance of considering these factors altogether and the value of using a dimensional perspective when examining the structure of ASB in youths. Consequently, future classifications should take into account the mutual account of these characteristics, which were previously studied separately.

Keywords
Adolescent, Age of Onset, Anger, Antisocial Personality Disorder/diagnosis, Antisocial Personality Disorder/epidemiology, Antisocial Personality Disorder/psychology, Child, Criminals/psychology, Cross-Sectional Studies, Emotions/physiology, Female, Humans, Juvenile Delinquency/psychology, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires
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