Callous-Unemotional Traits, Relational and Social Aggression, and Interpersonal Maturity in a Sample of Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bell, G. Ronald; Crothers, Laura M.; Hughes, Tammy L.; Kanyongo, Gibbs Y.; Kolbert, Jered B.; Parys, Kristen
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied school psychology. Volume 34:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 65
• Page End: 85
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Callous-unemotional traits -- relational aggression -- social aggression -- behavior disorders -- bullying; Educational psychology -- Periodicals; Education, Special -- Periodicals; 370.15
• DOI: 10.1080/15377903.2017.1345814
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1537-7903

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.