Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

A round-up of the ONWARDS phase 3 clinical trials evaluating the novel weekly insulin icodec in people with diabetes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Psychiatric Quarterly
Published in: Psychiatric Quarterly 1/2018

01-03-2018 | Original Paper

Specific Contributions of Age of Onset, Callous-Unemotional Traits and Impulsivity to Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Youths with Conduct Disorders

Authors: Sébastien Urben, Stéphanie Habersaat, Sandrine Pihet, Maya Suter, Jill de Ridder, Philippe Stéphan

Published in: Psychiatric Quarterly | Issue 1/2018

Login to get access

Abstract

Youths with conduct disorders (CD) are particularly studied for their violent and aggressive behaviors. Many researchers considered aggressive behaviors as being either reactive or proactive. Moreover, factors such as age of CD onset, impulsivity, and callous-unemotional traits, separately, have been related to these different types of aggressive behaviors. However, very few studies addressed the combined contribution of these three factors on proactive and reactive aggression. This question was tested in a sample composed of 43 male adolescents with CD. A single regression analysis including all predictors and outcomes, using Bayesian statistics, was computed. Results indicated that impulsivity was related to reactive aggression, while CU traits were related to proactive aggression. These results suggest first, an important heterogeneity among youth with CD, probably leading to different trajectories and, second, that youths with callous-unemotional traits should receive special attention and care as they are more at risk for proactive aggression.
Footnotes
1
« Revisiting the role of impulsivity in conduct disorder: An ecological study of disruptive behaviors in incarcerated adolescents », supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (#100014-130553).
 
Literature
1.
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington: American Psychiatric Publishing.
2.
3.
Frick, P. J., Stickle, T. R., Dandreaux, D. M., Farrell, J. M., & Kimonis, E. R. (2005). Callous-unemotional traits in predicting the severity and stability of conduct problems and delinquency. J Abnorm Child Psychol, 33(4), 471–487.CrossRefPubMed
4.
Kimonis, E. R., & Frick, P. J. (2010). Etiology of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder: Biological, familial and environnemental factors identified in the developement of disruptive behavior disorders. In R. C. Murrihy, A. D. Kidman & T. H. Ollendick (Eds.), Handbook of clinical assessment and treatmeent of conduct problems in youth (pp. 49–76). New York: Springer.
5.
Hyde, L. W., Burt, S. A., Shaw, D. S., Donnellan, M. B., & Forbes, E. E. (2015). Early starting, agressive, and/or callous-unemotional ? Examining the overlap and predictive utility of antisocial behavior subtypes. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
6.
Dodge, K. A., & Coie, J. D. (1987). Social-information processing factors in reactive and proactive aggression in children’s peer groups.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 53, 1146–1158.CrossRefPubMed
7.
Dodge, K. A. (1991). The structure and function of reactive aggression. In D. J. Pepler & K. H. Rubin (Eds.), The Developemnt and treatment of childhood aggression. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
8.
Raine, A., Dodge, K., Loeber, R., Gatzke-Kopp, L., Lynam, D. R., Reynolds, C., . . . Liu, J. (2006). The reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire: Differential correlates of reactive and proactive aggression in adolescent boys. Aggress Behav, 32(2), 159–171. doi: 10.​1002/​ab.​20115
9.
10.
Critchfield, K. L., Levy, K. N., & Clarkin, J. F. (2004). The relationship between impulsivity, aggression, and impulsive-aggression in borderline personality disorder: An empirical analysis of self-report measures. J Pers Disord, 18(6), 555–570. doi: 10.​1521/​pedi.​18.​6.​555.​54795 CrossRefPubMed
11.
12.
Stanford, M. S., Mathias, C. W., Dougherty, D. M., Lake, S. L., Anderson, N. E., & Patton, J. H. (2009). Fifty years of the Barratt Impulsiveness scale: An update and review Pers Indiv Diff, 47, 385–395.CrossRef
13.
Dandreaux, D. M., & Frick, P. J. (2009). Developmental pathways to conduct problems: A further test fo the childhood and adolescent-onset distinction. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37, 375–385.CrossRefPubMed
14.
Moffitt, T. E. (1993). Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: A developmental taxonomy. Psychol Rev, 100(4), 674–701.CrossRefPubMed
15.
Pardini, D. A., & Frick, P. J. (2013). Multiple developmental pathways to conduct disorder: Current conceptualizations and clinical implications. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 22(1), 20–25.PubMedPubMedCentral
16.
Odgers, C. L., Moffitt, T. E., Broadbent, J. M., Dickson, N., Hancox, R. J., Harrington, H., . . . Caspi, A. (2008). Female and male antisocial trajectories: From childhood origins to adult outcomes. Dev Psychopathol, 20(2), 673–716. doi: 10.​1017/​S095457940800033​3
17.
Patterson, G. R., & Yoerger, K. (1993). Developmental model for late-onset delinquency. In D. W. Osgood (Ed.), Motivation and delinquency (pp. 140–172). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
18.
Frick, P. J., & Loney, B. R. (1999). Outcomes of children and adolescents with oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder. In H. C. Quay & A. E. Hogan (Eds.), Handbook of disruptive behavior diorders (pp. 507–524). Dordrecht: Kluwer.CrossRef
19.
Moffitt, T. E., Caspi, A., Harrington, H., & Milne, B. J. (2002). Males on the life-course-persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial pathways: Follow-up at age 26 years. Dev Psychopathol, 14(1), 179–207.CrossRefPubMed
20.
Woodward, L. J., Fergusson, D. M., & Horwood, L. J. (2002). Romantic relationships of young people with childhood and adolescent onset antisocial behavior problems. J Abnorm Child Psychol, 30(3), 231–243.CrossRefPubMed
21.
Frick, P. J., Cornell, A. H., Barry, C. T., Bodin, S. D., & Dane, H. E. (2003). Callous-unemotional traits and conduct problems in the prediction of conduct problem severity, aggression, and self-report of delinquency. J Abnorm Child Psychol, 31(4), 457–470.CrossRefPubMed
22.
Frick, P. J., & Ellis, M. (1999). Callous-unemotional traits and subtypes of conduct disorder. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev, 2(3), 149–168.CrossRefPubMed
23.
Kruh, I. P., Frick, P. J., & Clements, C. B. (2005). Historical and personality correlates to the violence patterns of juveniles tried as adults. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 32, 69–96.CrossRef
24.
25.
Frick, P. J., & Dickens, C. (2006). Current perspectives on conduct disorder. Curr Psychiatry Rep, 8(1), 59–72.CrossRefPubMed
26.
27.
Chambers, W. J., Puig-Antich, J., Hirsh, M., Paez, P., Ambrosini, P. J., Tabrizi, M. A., & Davies, M. (1985). The assessment of affective disorders in children and adolescents by semistructured interview. Test-retest reliability of the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia for school-age children, present episode version. Archives of General Psychiatry, 42(7), 696–702.CrossRefPubMed
28.
Raven, J. C., Court, J. H., & Raven, J. (1998). Progressive Matrices Standart (PM38) (Vol. Oxford psychologists press). Oxford.
29.
Cima, M., Raine, A., Meesters, C., & Popma, A. (2013). Validation of the Dutch reactive proactive questionnaire (RPQ): Differential correlates of reactive and proactive aggression from childhood to adulthood. Aggress Behav, 39(2), 99–113. doi: 10.​1002/​ab.​21458 CrossRefPubMed
30.
American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (Vol. 4th). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
31.
Frick, P. J. (2003). The inventory of callous-unemotional traits (unpublished rating scale). University of New Orleans. New Orleans.
32.
Kimonis, E. R., Frick, P. J., Skeem, J. L., Marsee, M. A., Cruise, K., Munoz, L. C., . . . Morris, A. S. (2008). Assessing callous-unemotional traits in adolescent offenders: Validation of the inventory of callous-unemotional traits. Int J Law Psychiatry, 31(3), 241–252. doi: 10.​1016/​j.​ijlp.​2008.​04.​002
33.
34.
Fanti, K. A., Frick, P. J., & Georgiou, S. (2009). Linking callous--unemotional traits to instrumental and non-instrumental forms of aggression. J Psychopatho Behav Assess, 31, 285–298.CrossRef
35.
Kimonis, E. R., Fanti, K., Goldweber, A., Marsee, M. A., Frick, P. J., & Cauffman, E. (2013). Callous-unemotional traits in incarcerated adolescents. Psychol Assess doi: 10.​1037/​a0034585
36.
Pihet, S., Suter, M., & Stephan, P. (2010). Measuring self-reported callous-unemotional (CU) traits in adolescents of the general population: Inventory for CU traits or CU scale of the YPI? Paper presented at the 2nd International Congress of the European Association for Forensic child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychology and other involved Professions, Basel, Switzerland.Unpublished work.
37.
Pihet, S., Etter, S., Schmid, M., & Stephan, P. (2013). Assessing callous-unemotional (CU) traits in adolescents: Is the inventory of callous-unemotional traits (ICU) valid in different target groups? Psychological Assessment.
38.
Fossati, A., Barratt, E. S., Acquarini, E., & Di Ceglie, A. (2002). Psychometric properties of an adolescent version of the Barratt Impulsiveness scale-11 for a sample of Italian high school students. Percept Mot Skills, 95(2), 621–635.CrossRefPubMed
39.
Lynch, S. (2007). Introduction to applied bayesian statistics and estimation for social scientist. New York: Springer.CrossRef
40.
van de Schoot, R., Hoijtink, H., Mulder, J., Van Aken, M. A., de Castro, B. O., Meeus, W., & Romeijn, J. W. (2011). Evaluating expectations about negative emotional states of aggressive boys using Bayesian model selection. Dev Psychol, 47(1), 203–212. doi: 10.​1037/​a0020957 CrossRefPubMed
41.
Caspi, A. (2000). The child is father of the man: Personality continuities from childhood to adulthood. J Pers Soc Psychol, 78(1), 158–172.CrossRefPubMed
42.
43.
Krueger, R. F., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T. E., White, J., & Stouthamer-Loeber, M. (1996). Delay of gratification, psychopathology, and personality: Is low self-control specific to externalizing problems? J Pers, 64(1), 107–129.CrossRefPubMed
44.
DeWall, C. N., Baumeister, R. F., Stillman, T. F., & Gailliott, M. T. (2007). Violence restrained: Effects of self-regulatory capacity and its depletion on aggressive hehavior. J Exp Soc Psychol, 43, 62–76.CrossRef
45.
Dollard, J., Miller, N. E., Ford, C. S., & Hovland, C. I. (1962). Frustration and aggression. New Haven: Yale University Press.
46.
Cornell, D. G., Warren, J., Hawk, G., Stafford, E., Oram, G., & Pine, D. (1996). Psychopathy in instrumental and reactive violent offenders. J Consult Clin Psychol, 64(4), 783–790.CrossRefPubMed
47.
Caputo, A. A., Frick, P. J., & Brodsky, S. L. (1999). Family violence and juvenile sex offending: Potential mediating roles of psychopathic traits and negative attitudes toward women. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 26, 338–356.CrossRef
48.
Edens, J. F., Skeem, J. L., Cruise, K. R., & Cauffman, E. (2001). Assessment of “juvenile psychopathy” and its association with violence: A critical review. Behav Sci Law, 19(1), 53–80.CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
Specific Contributions of Age of Onset, Callous-Unemotional Traits and Impulsivity to Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Youths with Conduct Disorders
Authors
Sébastien Urben
Stéphanie Habersaat
Sandrine Pihet
Maya Suter
Jill de Ridder
Philippe Stéphan
Publication date
01-03-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Psychiatric Quarterly / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0033-2720
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6709
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-017-9506-y

Other articles of this Issue 1/2018

Psychiatric Quarterly 1/2018 Go to the issue

Original Paper

Treatment for Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life among Adults with Arthritis

Original Paper

Elevated Plasma S100B, Psychotic Symptoms, and Cognition in Schizophrenia

Original Paper

Resilience in Women who Experience Domestic Violence

Original Paper

Elder Mistreatment Perpetrators with Substance Abuse and/or Mental Health Conditions: Results from the National Elder Mistreatment Study

Original Paper

Improved Sleep, Diet, and Exercise in Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Results from a Pilot Self-Management Intervention

Original Paper

The DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure as a Screening Tool