Selfish parents, parenting practices, and psychopathic traits in children

Gao, Yu; Huang, Yonglin; Li, Xiaobo

doi:10.1002/bsl.2541

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“…In China, most LBC were taken care of by their grandparents, and grandparents can easily spoil the children or fail to supervise them [ 14 ], which might make these LBC more likely to form bad habits and qualities, and further, more likely to have problem behaviors such as bullying and bullied behavior than NLBC [ 24 ]. LBC also suffer more bullied behavior due to their low character than NLBC with low character because they lack parental supervision, protection, and support [ 48 ]. LBC are a large group in rural China.…”

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Latent Profile Analysis of Children’s Moral Character and the Classing Effect on Bullying in Rural China

Zhang

Gao

Long

et al. 2022

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Moral character is the key component of positive youth development. However, few studies have examined children’s moral character and the association with bullying and bullied behavior. Guided by the framework of positive psychology, this study aimed to investigate the association of moral character with bullying and bullied behavior among children in rural China and whether the association differed between left-behind children (LBC) and non-left-behind children (NLBC). A total of 723 children (aged 11–16 years) in rural China completed standard questionnaires that contained six specific character traits and bullying/bullied behavior. Latent profile analysis revealed that children’s moral character was divided into three classes (i.e., low-character class, average-character class, and high-character class). Compared with children in low-character and average-character classes, children in the high-character class had the lowest bullying and bullied behavior. Children in the low-character class were those at greater risk of bullied behavior. The association of the latent character classes with bullied behavior differed between LBC and NLBC. These findings highlight the urgent need for character-based and targeted interventions to prevent children’s bullying and bullied behavior.

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Latent Profile Analysis of Children’s Moral Character and the Classing Effect on Bullying in Rural China

Zhang

Gao

Long

et al. 2022

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Low Parental Empathy Predicts Callous‐Unemotional Traits in Children With Enhanced Autonomic Sensitivity to the Environment

Kofler,

Raine,

Gao

2024

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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IntroductionRecent evidence suggests that autonomic nervous system functioning can reflect individual differences in sensitivity to the environment, which in turn moderates the effects of family context on psychopathic and antisocial behaviour. Although some preliminary research suggests that the coordination of the sympathetic (SNS) and parasympathetic (PNS) branches of the autonomic nervous system may reflect sensitivity to environmental influences, the majority of research to date has been limited in its focus on just one branch, and little is known about the effects of parental empathy on a child's psychopathic‐like traits. This study aimed to address this gap by examining if the SNS and PNS jointly moderate the prospective contribution of parental empathy to youth psychopathic‐like traits.MethodsMale and female children (n = 340; age = 8–10 years) from the community completed an emotion regulation task during which their skin conductance level (SCL) and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) activity were recorded. Parental cognitive, affective, and somatic empathy were reported by the caregivers. The child's psychopathic‐like traits were reported by the caregiver and the child and were reassessed 1 year later.ResultsHierarchical regression indicated that after controlling for child sex, age, and concurrent CU traits, low affective empathy in parents predicted higher CU traits 1 year later in youths who exhibited reciprocal sympathetic activation (i.e., SNS activation along with PNS withdrawal), reflecting their enhanced sensitivity to the environment. No such effects were found for other psychopathic‐like traits.ConclusionsFindings suggest that reciprocal SNS reactivity may be a biological indicator for sensitivity to environmental influence and highlight the importance of examining the interactions among multiple systems to better understand the aetiology of psychopathic traits.

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Perceived Helicopter Parenting and Psychopathic Tendencies in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Lying to Parents

Park¹,

Jin²

2021

KJDP

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Selfish parents, parenting practices, and psychopathic traits in children

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References 71 publications

Latent Profile Analysis of Children’s Moral Character and the Classing Effect on Bullying in Rural China

Latent Profile Analysis of Children’s Moral Character and the Classing Effect on Bullying in Rural China

Low Parental Empathy Predicts Callous‐Unemotional Traits in Children With Enhanced Autonomic Sensitivity to the Environment

Perceived Helicopter Parenting and Psychopathic Tendencies in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Lying to Parents

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