Callous-unemotional Behaviors in Early Childhood: the Development of Empathy and Prosociality Gone Awry

Overview

Journal Curr Opin Psychol

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Psychology

Date 2017 Aug 21

PMID 28822897

Citations 42

Authors

Rebecca Waller

Luke W Hyde

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Abstract

Callous-unemotional (CU) behaviors are critical to understanding the development of severe forms of aggression and antisocial behavior. CU behaviors include deficits in empathy and prosocial behavior, as well as reduced interpersonal responsivity to others. We review recent research examining CU behaviors in early childhood and the role that parents play in the development of early CU behaviors. We integrate research on the development of empathy and prosociality with that of CU behaviors to propose a developmental model of early CU behaviors that considers person-by-context interactions.

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