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Positive and negative parenting in conduct disorder with high versus low levels of callous-unemotional traits

  • Ruth Pauli
  • , Peter Tino
  • , Jack C. Rogers
  • , Rosalind Baker
  • , Roberta Clanton
  • , Philippa Birch
  • , Abigail Brown
  • , Gemma Daniel
  • , Lisandra Ferreira
  • , Liam Grisley
  • , Gregor Kohls
  • , Sarah Baumann
  • , Anka Bernhard
  • , Anne Martinelli
  • , Katharina Ackermann
  • , Helen Lazaratou
  • , Foteini Tsiakoulia
  • , Panagiota Bali
  • , Helena Oldenhof
  • , Lucres Jansen
  • Areti Smaragdi, Karen Gonzalez-Madruga, Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Torres, Maider Gonzalez De Artaza-Lavesa, Martin Steppan, Noortje Vriends, Aitana Bigorra, Reka Siklosi, Sreejita Ghosh, Kerstin Bunte, Roberta Dochnal, Amaia Hervas, Christina Stadler, Aranzazu Fernandez-Rivas, Graeme Fairchild, Arne Popma, DImitris DIkeos, Kerstin Konrad, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Christine M. Freitag, Pia Rotshtein, Stephane A. De Brito

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Abstract

Less is known about the relationship between conduct disorder (CD), callous-unemotional (CU) traits, and positive and negative parenting in youth compared to early childhood. We combined traditional univariate analyses with a novel machine learning classifier (Angle-based Generalized Matrix Learning Vector Quantization) to classify youth (N = 756; 9-18 years) into typically developing (TD) or CD groups with or without elevated CU traits (CD/HCU, CD/LCU, respectively) using youth- and parent-reports of parenting behavior. At the group level, both CD/HCU and CD/LCU were associated with high negative and low positive parenting relative to TD. However, only positive parenting differed between the CD/HCU and CD/LCU groups. In classification analyses, performance was best when distinguishing CD/HCU from TD groups and poorest when distinguishing CD/HCU from CD/LCU groups. Positive and negative parenting were both relevant when distinguishing CD/HCU from TD, negative parenting was most relevant when distinguishing between CD/LCU and TD, and positive parenting was most relevant when distinguishing CD/HCU from CD/LCU groups. These findings suggest that while positive parenting distinguishes between CD/HCU and CD/LCU, negative parenting is associated with both CD subtypes. These results highlight the importance of considering multiple parenting behaviors in CD with varying levels of CU traits in late childhood/adolescence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)980-991
Number of pages12
JournalDevelopment and Psychopathology
Volume33
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2021
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • angle-based generalized matrix learning vector quantization
  • callous-unemotional traits
  • conduct disorder
  • machine learning
  • parenting

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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