Verbal, Facial and Autonomic Responses to Empathy-Eliciting Film Clips by Disruptive Male Adolescents with High versus Low Callous-Unemotional Traits

Autor/inn/en	de Wied, Minet; van Boxtel, Anton; Matthys, Walter; Meeus, Wim
Titel	Verbal, Facial and Autonomic Responses to Empathy-Eliciting Film Clips by Disruptive Male Adolescents with High versus Low Callous-Unemotional Traits
Quelle	In: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40 (2012) 2, S.211-223 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-0627
DOI	10.1007/s10802-011-9557-8
Schlagwörter	Metabolism; Behavior Disorders; Adolescents; Empathy; Films; Verbal Communication; Males; Personality Traits; Diagnostic Tests; Nonverbal Communication; Psychological Patterns; Control Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stoffwechsel; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Empathie; Film; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation
Abstract	This study examined empathy-related responding in male adolescents with disruptive behavior disorder (DBD), high or low on callous-unemotional (CU) traits. Facial electromyographic (EMG) and heart rate (HR) responses were monitored during exposure to empathy-inducing film clips portraying sadness, anger or happiness. Self-reports were assessed afterward. In agreement with expectations, DBD adolescents with high CU traits showed significantly lower levels of empathic sadness than healthy controls across all response systems. Between DBD subgroups significant differences emerged at the level of autonomic (not verbal or facial) reactions to sadness, with high CU respondents showing less HR change from baseline than low CU respondents. The study also examined basal patterns of autonomic function. Resting HR was not different between groups, but resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) was significantly lower in DBD adolescents with high CU traits compared to controls. Results support the notion that CU traits designate a distinct subgroup of DBD individuals. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10