| Popis: |
Childhood psychopathy is a construct that remains contentious for many researchers, as questions still arise about the merit of assessing these traits in younger individuals, particularly in nonclinical children. Much of the research on psychopathy in children has focused on clinical samples, whereas few studies have examined the outcomes associated with various levels of these so-called ‘psychopathic’ traits in young, non-clinical children. In the current study, we assessed 129 non-clinical, elementary-school-aged children on perspective-taking, social-emotional well-being, and psychopathic traits. No relationships were found between psychopathic traits and perspective-taking, yet individual differences in the components of psychopathy were associated with multiple aspects of socialemotional well-being, though these changed across development. Considered within the broader literature on psychopathic traits in childhood and adolescence, the results suggest that the construct of psychopathy and its relationships to various outcomes or abilities varies across development. |
