Cognitive Functioning in Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder

Moral cognitive correlates of empathy in juvenile delinquents

“…In support of these theoretical claims, researchers have linked higher empathy to pro-social behaviours and lower empathy to anti-social behaviours (Eisenberg and Fabes, 1998;Hogan, 1999). On empathy-related tasks, for example, youths with conduct disorder have demonstrated relatively poor emotion recognition, little emotion matching, and simplistic reasoning and attributions when reporting an emotion match (Cohen and Strayer, 1996).…”

Executive–cognitive functioning in the development of antisocial personality disorder

“…In this context, it is plausible that a developmental ECF abnormality may underlie antisocial behavior in some groups of youth and adolescents. Although others have speculated that deficits or maturational lags in self-governing ECF ability development may influence the expression of problem behavior in some youth (Hill, 1999;Hogan, 1999;Smith, Kates, & Vriezen, 1992), it is not known whether ECF abilities causally influence the expression of antisocial behavior. This is partly because of our incomplete understanding of frontal lobe maturation and ECF development (Smith et al, 1992).…”

Issues Related to the WISC-V Assessment of Cognitive Functioning in Clinical and Special Groups

“…In addition some research has found persistent low intelligence and deficits in executive functioning among delinquent children compared to the general population (Frick & Viding, 2009;Lynam & Henry, 2001;Moffitt, 2006). However, some experts have argued that studies showing a significant relation between deficits in executive functioning or low IQ and behavior disorders have failed to control for comorbid ADHD (Burke, Loeber, & Birmaher, 2002;Hogan, 1999). Indeed, when studies control for ADHD, the relation between ODD and CD to weak neuropsychological functioning tends to either disappear or become nonsignificant (Clark et al, 2000;Klorman et al, 1999;Kuhne, Schachar, & Tannock, 1997;Mayes & Calhoun, 2007;van Goozen et al, 2004).…”