Conduct Problems & Callous-Unemotional Traits in Young Children: Facial Reactions to Emotional Films

Duration: 20 mins DOI: 10.13056/acamh.22321

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In this podcast, we are joined by Professor Eva Kimonis to discuss her recent JCPP paper ‘Facial reactions to emotional films in young children with conduct problems and varying levels of callous-unemotional traits’. Eva is the first author of the paper.

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1. Definition of the term ‘callous-unemotional traits’ and how these generally present. 2. Findings that the callous-unemotional group showed a high intensity of anger during both the happy film clips and the sad film clips, and what she made of these findings. 3. Exploration of why young children have been missed from these types of studies previously 4. Insights into what implications of the findings for developmental models of childhood antisocial behaviour. 5. How the findings could be translated into practice, better inform the development of targeted interventions. 6. Implications findings have for mental health professionals, parents, and teachers.

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Professor Eva Kimonis

Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales

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