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Emotional Reactivity, Trait Affectivity, and Child Conduct Problems
Abstract: The current study examined the emotional reactivity and trait affectivity patterns of children and adolescents referred to a university-based clinic for learning, emotional and behavioral difficulties. Prior research suggests that callous-unemotional (CU) traits are uniquely related to emotional under-reactivity such as a lack of response time facilitation to negative word stimuli. Further, studies conducted with adult forensic samples have indicated that psychopathic traits are uniquely related to high positive affectivity (PA) and low negative affectivity (NA), whereas general impulsive and antisocial behavior is related to low PA and high NA. The current study integrated the emotional reactivity and trait affectivity literatures in assessing for established relations between trait affectivity, emotional reactivity, conduct problems, and CU traits in a clinic-referred sample of children ages 8-17. It was hypothesized that emotional reactivity would moderate the relation between negative trait affectivity and child CU traits. Emotional reactivity was assessed using an emotional lexical decision task and trait affectivity was assessed using the Positive and Negative Scale for Children (PANAS-C) and. The results generally failed to support study hypotheses. However, consistent with prediction, a relation was documented between child conduct problems and low PA/high NA that approached statistical significance (p = .10). Implications of current null findings as well as recommendations for future studies are discussed. ; A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Psychology in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science. ; Summer Semester, 2004. ; June 25, 2004. ; Trait Affectivity, Emotional Reactivity, Psychopathy, Conduct Problems ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Bryan R. Loney, Professor Directing Thesis; Thomas E. Joiner, Committee Member; Colleen Kelley, Committee Member.
Keyword: Psychology
URL: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-1348
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