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Brouns, Bart H. J.; de Wied, Minet Annette; Keijsers, Loes; Branje, Susan; van Goozen, Stephanie H. M.; Meeus, Wim H. J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: A deficit in affective rather than cognitive empathy is thought to be central to psychopathic traits. However, empirical evidence for empathy deficits in adolescents with psychopathic traits is limited. We investigated the concurrent and prospective effects of psychopathic traits on affective and cognitive trait empathy in late…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Mental Disorders, Psychopathology, Empathy
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Wright, Jennifer C. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
Moral conviction predicts interpersonal tolerance in adults, but its role in children and adolescents is not as well understood. This study measured moral conviction for a variety of issues along two separate dimensions--cognitive and affective--in children and adolescents (4th-12th grade). Results showed that, like adults, when children and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Moral Values, Affective Behavior, Prosocial Behavior
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Burke, Jeffrey D. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: A dimension of negatively oriented affect within oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms, which has been described as irritability, has been shown to predict depression and anxiety. Related constructs have been linked to temperament and personality constructs. However, only a few studies have examined the prediction from…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Problems, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
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Simonoff, Emily; Jones, Catherine R. G.; Pickles, Andrew; Happe, Francesca; Baird, Gillian; Charman, Tony – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Introduction: Severe mood dysregulation and problems (SMP) in otherwise typically developing youth are recognized as an important mental health problem with a distinct set of clinical features, family history and neurocognitive characteristics. SMP in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have not previously been explored. Method: We…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Mental Health, Adolescents, Parent Attitudes
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Stice, Eric; Bohon, Cara; Marti, C. Nathan; Fischer, Kathryn – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Studies have found that individuals with bulimia nervosa can be classified into dietary and dietary-negative affect subtypes and that the latter exhibit greater eating pathology, psychiatric comorbidity, and functional impairment; a more protracted clinical course; and a worse treatment response. In this report, the authors describe 2 prospective…
Descriptors: Females, Eating Disorders, Predictive Validity, Pathology
Polk, F. Felix; And Others – 1969
The research reported is predicated on the establishment of an empirically derived psychological typology of male delinquents. The schema for the classification of delinquents is based on those ego and super ego functions which have been shown most frequently to be of importance in understanding the dynamics of various delinquent types. This…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Attitudes, Behavior