@article{ref1,
title="Profile of male adolescents with conduct disorder on intellectual efficacy, cognitive flexibility, cognitive coping, impulsivity and alexithymia: A comparison with high-risk controls",
journal="European journal of psychiatry",
year="2012",
author="Pihet, S. and Suter, M. and Halfon, Olivier and Stephan, P.",
volume="26",
number="4",
pages="215-226",
abstract="Background and Objectives: To specify which of the documented cognitive and emotional deficits characterize adolescents with conduct disorder (CD) compared with high-risk controls. <br><br>METHODS: High-risk adolescent males with and without CD were compared on intellectual efficiency, cognitive flexibility, impulsivity, alexithymia, and cognitive coping strategies. Substance use was controlled for in analyses. <br><br>RESULTS: Both groups showed normal intellectual efficiency and cognitive flexibility, as well as heightened alexithymia and behavioral impulsivity. Youths with CD evidenced more self-defeating and black-and-white thinking under stress, and more acting-out under negative affect, than those without CD. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Deficits specific to CD resided in facets of emotional functioning and cognitive coping that might be targeted by a coping skills intervention. KW: Juvenile justice; Juvenile delinquency;<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0213-6163",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}