Callous-Unemotional Traits, Relational and Social Aggression, and Interpersonal Maturity in a Sample of Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents

The authors examined the degree to which callous-unemotional traits and narcissism predict relational aggression, social aggression, and prosocial skills in a sample of 79 adolescent offenders (13-18 years old; 26% girls; 74% boys) attending a school for youth with behavior disorders in the Mid-Atla...

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Published in:Journal of applied school psychology 2018-01, Vol.34 (1), p.65-85
Main Authors: Bell, G. Ronald, Crothers, Laura M., Hughes, Tammy L., Kanyongo, Gibbs Y., Kolbert, Jered B., Parys, Kristen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Aggression
Aggressiveness
Antisocial Behavior
Behavior Disorders
bullying
Callous-unemotional traits
Correlation
Gender Differences
Maturity (Individuals)
Multiple Regression Analysis
Narcissism
Offenders
Personality Traits
Predictor Variables
Prosocial Behavior
relational aggression
social aggression
Social skills
Teenagers
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Summary:The authors examined the degree to which callous-unemotional traits and narcissism predict relational aggression, social aggression, and prosocial skills in a sample of 79 adolescent offenders (13-18 years old; 26% girls; 74% boys) attending a school for youth with behavior disorders in the Mid-Atlantic United States. Narcissism made a significant contribution to the prediction of both relational aggression and social aggression, accounting for most of the unique variance in the prediction of these indirect forms of aggression. Conversely, callous-unemotional traits-but not narcissism-made a significant contribution to the prediction of lower prosocial skills. Furthermore, in contrast to the large number of studies indicating gender differences in the expression of aggression, no significant gender differences in the present study were found.
ISSN:1537-7903
1537-7911
DOI:10.1080/15377903.2017.1345814