TY - JOUR
T1 - Physiologically-indexed and self-perceived affective empathy in conduct-disordered children high and low on callous-unemotional traits
AU - Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, Xenia
AU - Warden, David
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - 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 '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.
AB - 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 '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.
KW - Affective empathy
KW - Callous-unemotional traits
KW - Conduct disorder
KW - Psychopathy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=58549121123&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10578-008-0104-y
DO - 10.1007/s10578-008-0104-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 18792777
AN - SCOPUS:58549121123
SN - 0009-398X
VL - 39
SP - 503
EP - 517
JO - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
JF - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
IS - 4
ER -