@article{ref1,
title="Differentiating preschool children with conduct problems and callous-unemotional behaviors through emotion regulation and executive functioning",
journal="Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology",
year="2019",
author="Graziano, Paulo A. and Landis, Taylor and Maharaj, Andre and Ros-Demarize, Rosmary and Hart, Katie C. and Garcia, Alexis",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are important characteristics for identifying severe patterns of conduct problems (CP). The current study focused on (a) identifying subgroups of young children displaying a combination of CP and CU <i>behaviors</i> and (b) examining the extent to which executive functioning (EF) and emotion regulation (ER) are associated with CU behaviors. Participants included 249 preschoolers (<i>N</i> = 249, 78% boys, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 4.95 years; 81% Latino/Hispanic) referred to treatment because of externalizing behavior problems. CU behaviors and CP were measured via a combination of teacher/parent rating scales. A multimethod approach was used to measure EF and ER including parent/teacher rating scales, neuropsychological, and observational tasks. Poorer ER as rated by parents/teachers and observed was associated with greater levels of CU behaviors. Latent profile analyses identified three subgroups of children displaying (a) low CU/low CP, (b) moderate CU/moderate CP, and (c) high CU/high CP. Children in the high CU/high-CP group were rated as having significantly poorer rated ER compared to all other groups and poorer observed ER compared to the low-CU/low-CP group. Exploratory analyses found that children in the high-CU/high-CP group displayed marginally lower levels of rated ER but significantly better EF performance on standardized neuropsychological tasks compared to children in a low-CU/high-CP group.Children with higher levels of reported CU behaviors and CP display poorer ER yet may display relatively <i>better</i> EF performance compared to children with lower levels of CU behaviors and CP.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1537-4416",
doi="10.1080/15374416.2019.1666399",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2019.1666399"
}