@article{ref1,
title="Irritability and limited prosocial emotions/callous-unemotional traits in elementary-school-age children",
journal="Behavior therapy",
year="2020",
author="Waschbusch, Daniel A. and Baweja, Raman and Babinski, Dara E. and Mayes, Susan D. and Waxmonsky, James G.",
volume="51",
number="2",
pages="223-237",
abstract="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. <br><br>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.<br><br>Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0005-7894",
doi="10.1016/j.beth.2019.06.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2019.06.007"
}