TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Is feeling bad good enough? Ethical guilt and callous-unemotional traits in childhood
JO  - Research on child and adolescent psychopathology
A1  - Jambon, Marc
A1  - Colasante, Tyler
A1  - Mitrevski, Danielle
A1  - Acland, Erinn
A1  - Malti, Tina
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Lacking the capacity for guilt is a defining characteristic of callous-unemotional (CU) traits. Although guilt is a multifaceted construct, past CU research has rarely considered the reasons underlying children's negative emotional responses to wrongdoing. The present study investigated how different forms of guilt were associated with CU traits during early and middle childhood in a Canadian community sample. We interviewed 4- and 8-year-olds (N = 300; 50% female) to assess their emotion attributions and reasoning in response to hypothetical acts of aggression. Interview responses were used to calculate variables representing undifferentiated, ethical, and non-ethical guilt ratings. Caregivers rated children's CU tendencies at baseline and again 3 years later. Higher ethical guilt was associated with lower CU scores concurrently and 3 years later. Higher non-ethical guilt was associated with higher CU scores at baseline (for older children) and 3 years later (for all children). Undifferentiated guilt was not associated with CU after controlling for demographic variables.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2730-7166
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00909-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -