Psychopathic Traits in Childhood: Insights from Parental Warmth and Fearless Temperament via Conscience Development
| Autor: | Lorena Maneiro, Olalla Cutrín, Estrella Romero, Laura López-Romero, Beatriz Domínguez-Álvarez |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Psicoloxía Clínica e Psicobioloxía |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
050103 clinical psychology
Mediation (statistics) media_common.quotation_subject Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry psychopathic traits Interpersonal communication Parental warmth Conscience development Fearlessness Article Developmental psychology fearlessness 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Early childhood Psychopathic traits Conscience media_common childhood General Neuroscience conscience development 05 social sciences Childhood Increased risk Temperament Psychology Psychosocial RC321-571 050104 developmental & child psychology parental warmth |
| Zdroj: | Brain Sciences Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela instname Volume 11 Issue 7 Brain Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 923, p 923 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2076-3425 |
| Popis: | The role of psychopathic traits in predicting more serious and persistent patterns of child conduct problems has been well documented. The jointly presence of interpersonal (grandiose–deceitful), affective (e.g., callous–unemotional), and behavioral psychopathic traits (impulsive–need of stimulation) identifies a group of children at increased risk of psychosocial maladjustment. The present study aims to disentangle the underlying mechanisms by examining how early parenting (i.e., warmth) and child temperament (i.e., fearlessness) predict later psychopathic traits, via conscience development (CD). Data were collected in a large sample of children (n = 2.266 48.5% girls), aged 3 to 6 at the onset of the study (Mage = 4.25 SD = 0.91), who were followed up one and two years later. The results showed direct effects from fearlessness to interpersonal and behavioral psychopathic traits. Parental warmth, fearless temperament, and their interaction, predicted CD, which, in turn, showed a negative effect on psychopathic traits. The indirect effects indicated significant negative mediation effects of warmth through CD on psychopathic traits, which seem to be stronger when children present lower levels of fearlessness. Overall, these results contribute to better understand the development of child psychopathic traits and provide additional insight on effective strategies that will help to restrain the potential development of a high-risk profile in early childhood. |
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