Core features of callous-unemotional traits: a cross-cultural comparison of youth in four countries.

Autor: Deng J; Department of Psychology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center Guangzhou, 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, 510006, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China., Shou Y; Research School of Psychology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.; Lloyd's Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore., Wang MC; Department of Psychology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center Guangzhou, 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, 510006, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. wmcheng2006@126.com., Allen JL; Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK., Gao Y; Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, USA., Hawes DJ; School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European child & adolescent psychiatry [Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry] 2024 Aug; Vol. 33 (8), pp. 2681-2693. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 05.
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-023-02357-8
Abstrakt: With considerable debate concerning the impact of culture on the expression of callous-unemotional (CU) traits, it is unclear whether the core features of CU traits generalize to youth across cultures. This study aimed to examine whether cultural differences are reflected in the core features of CU traits and the associations among these features. Network analysis was employed to identify the core features and to examine the network structure of CU traits operationalized by the Inventory of Callous Unemotional traits (ICU) in four community youth samples from different nations (Australia, N = 190; the UK, N = 437; the USA, N = 330; China, N = 503). The item "Apologizes to people" was identified as a cross-cultural core feature in the ICU network with a greater centrality of this item compared to others in all four samples. In addition, some items were identified as culture-specific core features in the network, differing in their centrality across samples. The network structures of the youth self-report ICU items were moderately similar across samples, while the structures of parent-report items showed substantial differences. These findings have important implications for cross-cultural research on CU traits as well as practical implications for screening and treatment. The core features of ICU appear to be generalizable in youth across cultures, although cultural-specific manifestations should be noted.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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