The Association Between Callous-Unemotional Traits, Externalizing Problems, and Gender in Predicting Cognitive and Affective Morality Judgments in Adolescence.
J Youth Adolesc
; 45(9): 1917-30, 2016 09.
Article
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| ID: mdl-27334400
ABSTRACT
Morality deficits have been linked to callous-unemotional traits and externalizing problems in response to moral dilemmas, but these associations are still obscure in response to antisocial acts in adolescence. Limited evidence on young boys suggested that callous-unemotional traits and externalizing problems were associated with affective but not cognitive morality judgments. The present study investigated these associations in a community sample of 277 adolescents (M age = 15.35, 64 % females). Adolescents with high callous-unemotional traits showed deficits in affective but not cognitive morality, indicating that they can identify the appropriate moral emotions in others, but experience deviant moral emotions when imagining themselves committing antisocial acts. Externalizing problems and male gender were also strongly related to deficits in affective morality, but they had smaller associations with deficits in cognitive morality too. Implications for treatment and the justice system are discussed.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cognição
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Identidade de Gênero
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Controle Interno-Externo
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Julgamento
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Princípios Morais
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Transtorno da Personalidade Antissocial
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Youth Adolesc
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Holanda