1. Core features of callous-unemotional traits: a cross-cultural comparison of youth in four countries.
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Deng J, Shou Y, Wang MC, Allen JL, Gao Y, and Hawes DJ
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- Humans, Male, Female, Adolescent, United States, China ethnology, United Kingdom, Australia, Child, Antisocial Personality Disorder psychology, Antisocial Personality Disorder ethnology, Emotions physiology, Conduct Disorder psychology, Conduct Disorder ethnology, Empathy, Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Abstract
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., (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.)
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- 2024
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