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Open AccessDeficits in emotion recognition and processing in children with high callous-unemotional traits: the role of the MAOA gene
Children with high Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits show deficits in recognizing and processing facial expressions. Alterations in emotion recognition have been linked to a higher synaptic concentration of mono...
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The “Measure of Empathy in Early Childhood”: Psychometric Properties and Associations with Externalizing Problems and Callous Unemotional Traits
Empathy is crucial to the development of socio-emotional skills in youth and empathy development is central to understanding and subty** youth with externalizing problems. This study explored for the first t...
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Psychopathic traits and emotion processing in a clinical sample of children with disruptive behavior disorder
Previous research identified emotion processing (i.e., emotion recognition and gaze pattern towards emotional stimuli) deficits in youths with callous-unemotional (CU) traits, though mixed results have emerged...
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Testing the Efficacy of Co** Power Universal on Behavioral Problems and Pre-academic Skills in Preschoolers
The Co** Power Program is an evidence-based intervention for children identified to be at risk for develo** externalizing behavioral problems. The Co** Power Program has been adapted to universally preve...
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Open AccessAcute Tolerability of Methylphenidate in Treatment-Naïve Children with ADHD: An Analysis of Naturalistically Collected Data from Clinical Practice
The acute tolerability of methylphenidate (MPH) in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been studied mainly in research samples. Taking advantage of the mandatory test-dose procedu...
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Linking Sleep to Externalizing Behavioral Difficulties: A Longitudinal Psychometric Survey in a Cohort of Italian School-Age Children
We examined the longitudinal relationship between sleep problems and behavioral problems at primary school in Italian children. We recruited a school-based sample of 227 children (age range 6–10 years) in scho...
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A Pilot Study Implementing Co** Power in Italian Community Hospitals: Effect of Therapist Attachment Style on Outcomes in Children
The study presented the initial report of a project regarding the implementation of the Co** Power Program in Italian community hospitals, and the program’s ability to reduce externalizing behavioral problem...
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Implementing Co** Power Adapted as a Universal Prevention Program in Italian Primary Schools: a Randomized Control Trial
Behavioral problems in schools can cause serious harm to the emotional and social well-being of students and limit their ability to achieve their full academic potential. A prior pilot study on the universal a...
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Open AccessConduct disorders and psychopathy in children and adolescents: aetiology, clinical presentation and treatment strategies of callous-unemotional traits
Conduct Disorder (CD) is a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by a repetitive and persistent pattern of behaviour in which the basic rights of others and major age-appropriate social norms or rules are violat...
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Evaluation of Improvement in Externalizing Behaviors and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorder: A 1-Year Follow Up Clinic-Based Study
Multi-component interventions based on cognitive behavioral principles and practices have been found effective in reducing behavioral problems in children with disruptive behavior disorders (oppositional defia...
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Co** Power Adapted as Universal Prevention Program: Mid Term Effects on Children’s Behavioral Difficulties and Academic Grades
Aggressive behaviors in schools have the potential to cause serious harm to students’ emotional and social well-being and to limit their ability to achieve their full academic potential. Prevention programs d...
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Maternal Depression and Parenting Practices Predict Treatment Outcome in Italian Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorder
Childhood aggression has been conceptualized as a risk marker on the developmental trajectories leading to a variety of negative adolescent outcomes such as delinquency, substance use and poor school adjustme...
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First Adaptation of Co** Power Program as a Classroom-Based Prevention Intervention on Aggressive Behaviors Among Elementary School Children
Children with high levels of aggressive behavior create a major management problem in school settings and interfere with the learning environment of their classmates. We report results from a group-randomized ...
