TY - JOUR
AU1 - Loney, Bryan
AU2 - Frick, Paul
AU3 - Ellis, Mesha
AU4 - McCoy, Monique
AB - 
Research has consistently shown that children with severe conduct problems often exhibit intellectual deficits, especially in their verbal abilities. We investigated whether or not this finding only applies to certain subgroups of children with severe conduct problems. In a sample of 117 clinic-referred children between the ages of 6 and 13, we assessed for Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD) symptoms using a structured diagnostic interview with each child's parent and teacher, callous and unemotional traits using parent and teacher ratings, and intellectual functioning using a standard individually administered intelligence test. Children with an ODD or CD diagnosis who did not show callous and unemotional traits showed a deficit on subtests measuring verbal reasoning ability relative to a clinic control group. Children with an ODD or CD diagnosis who also showed callous and unemotional traits did not show a verbal deficit and, in fact, showed a trend toward having weaker nonverbal abilities. These results highlight the importance of recognizing distinct subgroups of children with severe conduct problems when studying potential intellectual deficits in these children.

TI - Intelligence, Callous-Unemotional Traits, and Antisocial Behavior
JF - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
DO - 10.1023/A:1023015318156
DA - 2004-09-29
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/intelligence-callous-unemotional-traits-and-antisocial-behavior-X0RGzoZA09
SP - 231
EP - 247
VL - 20
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -