TY - JOUR
T1 - Irritability and Limited Prosocial Emotions/Callous-Unemotional Traits in Elementary-School-Age Children
AU - Waschbusch, Daniel A.
AU - Baweja, Raman
AU - Babinski, Dara E.
AU - Mayes, Susan D.
AU - Waxmonsky, James G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by grants to Daniel A. Waschbusch from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (304e) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (839-2000-1061, 410-2004-1272). We would like to thank the many children, parents, teachers, and research assistants who helped make this project possible.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Affective traits, including irritability and limited prosocial emotions/callous-unemotional traits (LPE/CU), each explain significant variance in youth conduct problems but few studies have examined these constructs simultaneously. This study examined whether irritability, LPE/CU, or their combination explained significant variance in measures of internalizing or externalizing psychopathology, aggression, peer problems, impairment, or parenting. Participants were 219 elementary-school-age children, including 178 with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and/or conduct disorder and 41 typically developing children. Results of analyses showed that irritability and LPE/CU had significant and sometimes unique associations with measures of child behavior, impairment, and parenting. There was also evidence that the interaction between irritability and LPE/CU was significantly associated with aggression and impairment. These findings suggest that irritability and LPE/CU should be examined together when assessing and treating conduct problems in youth.
AB - Affective traits, including irritability and limited prosocial emotions/callous-unemotional traits (LPE/CU), each explain significant variance in youth conduct problems but few studies have examined these constructs simultaneously. This study examined whether irritability, LPE/CU, or their combination explained significant variance in measures of internalizing or externalizing psychopathology, aggression, peer problems, impairment, or parenting. Participants were 219 elementary-school-age children, including 178 with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and/or conduct disorder and 41 typically developing children. Results of analyses showed that irritability and LPE/CU had significant and sometimes unique associations with measures of child behavior, impairment, and parenting. There was also evidence that the interaction between irritability and LPE/CU was significantly associated with aggression and impairment. These findings suggest that irritability and LPE/CU should be examined together when assessing and treating conduct problems in youth.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.beth.2019.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.beth.2019.06.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 32138934
AN - SCOPUS:85069882588
VL - 51
SP - 223
EP - 237
JO - Behavior Therapy
JF - Behavior Therapy
SN - 0005-7894
IS - 2
ER -