Fear Conditioning Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic Traits
Deficits in fear conditioning related to psychopathy have been widely studied in adults. However, evidence in children and adolescents is scarce and inconsistent. This research aimed to expand knowledge about fear conditioning in psychopathy and its dimensions in child and early adolescent clinical...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repository: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:250756 |
| Online Access: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/250756 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s10862-021-09947-3 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Psychopathy Fear conditioning Skin conductance Children Adolescents Child problematic traits inventory |
| Summary: | Deficits in fear conditioning related to psychopathy have been widely studied in adults. However, evidence in children and adolescents is scarce and inconsistent. This research aimed to expand knowledge about fear conditioning in psychopathy and its dimensions in child and early adolescent clinical populations. Participants were 45 boys (outpatients) aged 6-14 years (M=10.59, SD=2.04). They were assessed with the parents' and teachers' versions of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI). A fear conditioning paradigm (Neumann et al., in Biological Psychology, 79(3), 337-342, 2008) for children and adolescents was used. Conditioned stimuli (CS+and CS-) were geometric shapes and the unconditioned stimulus (US) was |
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