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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Autores: Ivanova Serokhvostova, Anastasya|||0000-0003-1948-6787, Molinuevo Alonso, Beatriz|||0000-0003-0263-4077, Torrents-Rodas, David|||0000-0003-0222-7770, Bonillo Martín, Albert|||0000-0002-6141-9708, Pérez-Bonaventura, Iris|||0000-0001-7100-6205, Corrales, Montserrat|||0000-0002-7428-1402, Pamias, Montserrat|||0000-0003-1114-5419, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni|||0000-0003-1622-0350, Torrúbia, Rafael|||0000-0002-6826-6572
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Psychopathy
Fear conditioning
Skin conductance
Children
Adolescents
Child problematic traits inventory
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spelling Fear Conditioning Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic Traitsa Study in a Clinical PopulationIvanova Serokhvostova, Anastasya|||0000-0003-1948-6787Molinuevo Alonso, Beatriz|||0000-0003-0263-4077Torrents-Rodas, David|||0000-0003-0222-7770Bonillo Martín, Albert|||0000-0002-6141-9708Pérez-Bonaventura, Iris|||0000-0001-7100-6205Corrales, Montserrat|||0000-0002-7428-1402Pamias, Montserrat|||0000-0003-1114-5419Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni|||0000-0003-1622-0350Torrúbia, Rafael|||0000-0002-6826-6572PsychopathyFear conditioningSkin conductanceChildrenAdolescentsChild problematic traits inventoryDeficits 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) wasan unpleasant sound of metal scraping on slate (83 dB). Diference scores (CS+minus CS-) in skin conductance responses (SCR) and self-reported cognitive and afective measures were considered as indices of fear conditioning. Results showed that: a) defcits in fear conditioning were related to some psychopathy dimensions but not to psychopathy as a unitary construct; b) the Impulsivity-Need for Stimulation dimension was a predictor of impaired fear conditioning at a cognitive level; c) the interaction of Callous-Unemotional and Impulsivity-Need for Stimulation dimensions was a signifcant predictor of impaired electrodermal fear conditioning; d) by contrast, the Grandiose-Deceitful dimension, was marginally associated with a greater electrodermal fear conditioning. In conclusion, psychopathy dimensions and their interactions, but not psychopathy as a whole, predicted defcits in fear conditioning as measured by SCR and cognitive indices. These fndings confrm the notion that psychopathic traits are associated with defcits in fear conditioning in child and adolescent clinical populations and provide support for a multidimensional approach to youth psychopathy. 22022-01-0120222022-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/250756https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s10862-021-09947-3reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 PSI2015-67441-RAgència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2017/SGR-1586Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 FI-DGR2017open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2507562026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fear Conditioning Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic Traits
a Study in a Clinical Population
title Fear Conditioning Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic Traits
spellingShingle Fear Conditioning Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic Traits
Ivanova Serokhvostova, Anastasya|||0000-0003-1948-6787
Psychopathy
Fear conditioning
Skin conductance
Children
Adolescents
Child problematic traits inventory
title_short Fear Conditioning Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic Traits
title_full Fear Conditioning Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic Traits
title_fullStr Fear Conditioning Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic Traits
title_full_unstemmed Fear Conditioning Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic Traits
title_sort Fear Conditioning Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic Traits
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ivanova Serokhvostova, Anastasya|||0000-0003-1948-6787
Molinuevo Alonso, Beatriz|||0000-0003-0263-4077
Torrents-Rodas, David|||0000-0003-0222-7770
Bonillo Martín, Albert|||0000-0002-6141-9708
Pérez-Bonaventura, Iris|||0000-0001-7100-6205
Corrales, Montserrat|||0000-0002-7428-1402
Pamias, Montserrat|||0000-0003-1114-5419
Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni|||0000-0003-1622-0350
Torrúbia, Rafael|||0000-0002-6826-6572
author Ivanova Serokhvostova, Anastasya|||0000-0003-1948-6787
author_facet Ivanova Serokhvostova, Anastasya|||0000-0003-1948-6787
Molinuevo Alonso, Beatriz|||0000-0003-0263-4077
Torrents-Rodas, David|||0000-0003-0222-7770
Bonillo Martín, Albert|||0000-0002-6141-9708
Pérez-Bonaventura, Iris|||0000-0001-7100-6205
Corrales, Montserrat|||0000-0002-7428-1402
Pamias, Montserrat|||0000-0003-1114-5419
Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni|||0000-0003-1622-0350
Torrúbia, Rafael|||0000-0002-6826-6572
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author2 Molinuevo Alonso, Beatriz|||0000-0003-0263-4077
Torrents-Rodas, David|||0000-0003-0222-7770
Bonillo Martín, Albert|||0000-0002-6141-9708
Pérez-Bonaventura, Iris|||0000-0001-7100-6205
Corrales, Montserrat|||0000-0002-7428-1402
Pamias, Montserrat|||0000-0003-1114-5419
Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni|||0000-0003-1622-0350
Torrúbia, Rafael|||0000-0002-6826-6572
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Psychopathy
Fear conditioning
Skin conductance
Children
Adolescents
Child problematic traits inventory
topic Psychopathy
Fear conditioning
Skin conductance
Children
Adolescents
Child problematic traits inventory
description 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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Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2017/SGR-1586
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 FI-DGR2017
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