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Latent Personality Profiles and the Relations with Psychopathology and Psychopathic Traits in Detained Adolescents
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Decuyper, Mieke; Colins, Olivier F.; De Clercq, Barbara; Vermeiren, Robert; Broekaert, Eric; Bijttebier, Patricia; Roose, Annelore; De Fruyt, Filip – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2013
The present study constructed empirically derived subtypes of adolescent offenders based on general traits and examined their associations with psychopathology and psychopathic traits. The sample included 342 detained minors (172 boys and 170 girls; mean age 15.85 years, SD = 1.07) recruited in various Youth Detention Centers across the Flemish…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Traits, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Predicting Internalizing and Externalizing Problems at Five Years by Child and Parental Factors in Infancy and Toddlerhood
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Mantymaa, Mirjami; Puura, Kaija; Luoma, Ilona; Latva, Reija; Salmelin, Raili K.; Tamminen, Tuula – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2012
This study examined child and parental factors in infancy and toddlerhood predicting subclinical or clinical levels of internalizing and externalizing problems at 5 years of age. Ninety-six children and their families participated. They were assessed when the children were 4-10 weeks old (T1), 2 years (T2) and 5 years old (T3). Child risks…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Family Violence, Child Rearing, Pregnancy
Temperament, Personality and Developmental Psychopathology: A Review Based on the Conceptual Dimensions Underlying Childhood Traits
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De Pauw, Sarah S. W.; Mervielde, Ivan – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2010
The numerous temperament and personality constructs in childhood impede the systematic integration of findings on how these individual differences relate to developmental psychopathology. This paper reviews the main temperament and personality theories and proposes a theoretical taxonomy representing the common structure of both temperament and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Antisocial Behavior, Psychopathology, Children
Personality and Psychopathology in Flemish Referred Children: Five Perspectives of Continuity
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De Bolle, Marleen; De Clercq, Barbara; Van Leeuwen, Karla; Decuyper, Mieke; Rosseel, Yves; De Fruyt, Filip – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2009
The present study investigates five types of continuity of personality and internalizing and externalizing problems (i.e., structural, differential, mean-level, individual-level and ipsative continuity) in a sample of referred children and adolescents (N = 114) with a broad variety of psychological problems. Mothers were administered a child…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Personality Traits, Psychopathology, Child Behavior
Individual Differences in Responses to Provocation and Frequent Victimization by Peers
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Champion, Kelly M.; Clay, Daniel L. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
This study examined associations between victimization by peers and intention to respond to provocative events as a function of anger arousal and motivation to improve the situation in a cross-sectional sample of school-age children (N = 506, 260 males, 246 females). Results demonstrated that more intense anger and more retaliatory motivation were…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Psychopathology, Prevention, Motivation