Mapping the developmental pathways of child conduct problems through the neurobiology of empathy

Moul, Caroline; Hawes, David J.; Dadds, Mark R.

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.03.016

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“…We found a negative association between different aspects of empathy and total ICU score, which is consistent with past studies and recent reviews [ 1 , 30 , 31 ]. Deficits in affect regulation have been implicated in child psychopathology [ 32 , 33 ].…”

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“…Empathy has become an increasingly popular target of study for understanding neurobiological mechanisms underlying child aggression, antisocial behavior, and future conduct problems [ 1 , 2 ]. There is conflicting evidence from systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses regarding the association between empathy and externalizing behaviors, with some studies reporting only small or moderate negative correlations and others finding large effects [ 3 – 5 ].…”

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“…There is conflicting evidence from systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses regarding the association between empathy and externalizing behaviors, with some studies reporting only small or moderate negative correlations and others finding large effects [ 3 – 5 ]. Some authors have suggested that part of the variability in these findings can be attributed to differences in the measurement of empathy, as many researchers continue to operationalize empathy as a single global construct [ 1 ]. However, since the 1980’s, several multidimensional models of empathy have been proposed, including ones positing that empathy should be divided into cognitive, motor and affective components [ 4 , 6 – 8 ].…”

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The Chinese version of the cognitive, affective, and somatic empathy scale for children: Validation, gender invariance and associated factors

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ObjectivesEmpathy is hypothesized to have several components, including affective, cognitive, and somatic contributors. The only validated, self-report measure to date that assesses all three forms of empathy is the Cognitive, Affective, and Somatic Empathy Scale (CASES), but no current study has reported the psychometric properties of this scale outside of the initial U.S. sample. This study reports the first psychometric analysis of a non-English translation of the CASES.MethodsConfirmatory factor analysis was used to assess the factor structure of CASES as well as its associations with callous-unemotional traits in 860 male and female children (mean age 11.54± .64 years) from the China Jintan Child Cohort Study.ResultsAnalyses supported a three-factor model of cognitive, affective, and somatic empathy, with satisfactory fit indices consistent with the psychometric properties of the English version of CASES. Construct validity was established by three findings. First, females scored significantly higher in empathy than males. Second, lower scores of empathy were associated with lower IQ. Third, children with lower empathy also showed more callous-unemotional attributes.ConclusionsWe established for the first time cross-cultural validity for Cognitive, Affective, and Somatic Empathy Scale (CASES). Our Chinese data supports the use of this new instrument in non-Western samples, and affirms the utility of this instrument for a comprehensive assessment of empathy in children.

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“…The lack of empathy may play in conferring risk for conduct problem. Socio-environmental processes empathy development is associated with cognitive and socio-environmental processes (Moul et al, 2018).…”

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Civic engagement in the Indonesia health sector

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Djoemadi

Avanti

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of religiosity on civic engagement in the health sector through giving advocacy for people with AIDs, mental health, cancer and disability. Design/methodology/approach The authors achieve this aim by proposing a structural equation model, which was derived based on literature. The data collection involved an on-line purposive sampling survey, which targeted young people who intend to work in the health sector. The survey asked about the experience and perception of 610 respondents in Indonesia. Findings The results indicate that the respondents with high religiosity were identified to be more caring towards those who suffer from mental health, AIDs, cancer and disability. However, the highly religious were less motivated by empathy in conducting civic engagement in the health sector. In this study, the impact of religiosity on civic engagement was found to be stronger for those who identified with low materialism. Originality/value The study contributes to the discussion on altruistic theory by challenging the widespread assumption that feelings of empathy drive civic engagement. The results extend the discussion on how to promote civic engagement in the health sector for young people with high materialism attitude.

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“…oxytocin: Heinrichs & Domes, ) and possibly improvements in neural connectivity (amygdala to higher processing circuitry; Blair, ; Sebastian, McCrory, De Brito, & Viding, ) that are known to be deficient in these children (Blair, ; Cecil et al., ; Dadds et al., ; Heinrichs & Domes, ; Sebastian et al., ). We hypothesise that positive changes via these mechanisms should increase the salience of emotional stimuli to these children and normalise neurodevelopment over the longer term (Moul, Hawes, & Dadds, ).…”

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Can reciprocated parent–child eye gaze and emotional engagement enhance treatment for children with conduct problems and callous‐unemotional traits: a proof‐of‐concept trial

Dadds

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Wimalaweera

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Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Background: High levels of callous-unemotional (CU) traits are associated with reduced effectiveness of parenting programmes for children with conduct problems. This may be due to low levels of emotional engagement (EE) by these children with their parents. We evaluate a theoretically driven strategy for improving emotional engagement in high CU traits children undergoing a parenting intervention (parent management training; PMT) for child conduct problems. Methods: N = 40, 3-to 8-year-old children referred for conduct problems and showing stable, high levels of CU traits, were randomised to receive PMT+Emotional Engagement (EE), or the control condition PMT+Child Centred Play (CCP). A benchmarking sample of N = 70 children who received PMT only was also included. Observational coding of the parent-child interactions targeted by EE and CCP respectively was repeated throughout treatment and follow-up. Results: Emotional engagement produced unique improvements in parent-child emotional engagement (shared eye gaze); however, these reverted to baseline levels after treatment. CCP produced unique improvements in parents' child centeredness and child positive play, but by post-treatment, all children had improved on these factors. Both interventions produced similar improvements in general parental warmth. Reductions in severity of conduct problems at post-treatment and follow-up were large in size and did not differ between conditions or from the benchmarking group. Levels of CU traits reduced significantly but again did not differ between groups. Conclusions: The putative mechanism of emotional engagement through reciprocated eye gaze proved to be impervious to sustained change, and thus failed to have a specific impact of conduct problems or levels of CU traits. The development of novel treatment approaches to children with high levels of CU is a challenging endeavour, and these results indicate that focussing on children with stable levels at pretreatment should be a priority.

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Mapping the developmental pathways of child conduct problems through the neurobiology of empathy

Cited by 51 publications

References 187 publications

The Chinese version of the cognitive, affective, and somatic empathy scale for children: Validation, gender invariance and associated factors

The Chinese version of the cognitive, affective, and somatic empathy scale for children: Validation, gender invariance and associated factors

Civic engagement in the Indonesia health sector

Can reciprocated parent–child eye gaze and emotional engagement enhance treatment for children with conduct problems and callous‐unemotional traits: a proof‐of‐concept trial

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