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JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 403-409Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-005-5722-2
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psychopathy in childhood and adolescence; personality; psychopathology
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The current paper introduces the special issue on research attempting to extend the construct of psychopathy to child and adolescent samples. Past special sections and reviews have typically focused on the implications of this research for forensic research and practice. The current special issue focuses on topics relevant for integrating this research within the broader literature on childhood psychopathology. Papers included in this special issue focus on the structure of psychopathic traits in youth, the relation of these traits to other important psychopathological and personality constructs in children and adolescents, and the utility of these traits for identifying a distinct subgroup of antisocial youth who differ on important cognitive processes and on the severity and stability of their problem behavior. These empirical works are followed by commentary provided by two prominent scholars who outline the potential importance of the construct for advancing our understanding of childhood psychopathology. In addition, these scholars provide a discussion of important directions for future research.
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