Executive attention and empathy-related responses in boys with Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder, with and without Comorbid Anxiety Disorder

Pijper, Jarla, De Wied, Minet, Van Rijn, Sophie, Van Goozen, Stephanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5983-4734, Swaab, Hanna and Meeus, Wim 2018. Executive attention and empathy-related responses in boys with Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder, with and without Comorbid Anxiety Disorder. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 49 (6) , pp. 956-965. 10.1007/s10578-018-0810-z

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Abstract

This is a first study that investigated the relationships between executive attention—as an important aspect of emotion regulation—and state empathy and sympathy in ODD/CD boys with (N = 31) and without (N = 18) comorbid anxiety disorder (7–12 years). Empathic reactions were evoked using three sadness-inducing film clips. One clip was highly evocative involving a bear cub losing his mother, whilst two other clips were mildly evocative involving children in common childhood situations. Self-reports of empathy and sympathy were collected and executive attention was assessed with a performance task. Poor executive attention skills were associated with less empathy and sympathy, particularly in ODD/CD boys with anxiety and under conditions of a highly evocative stimulus. Our findings support the view that different mechanisms may be involved in empathy problems of ODD/CD children.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Additional Information:	This article was (co-)authored by Cardiff NDAU researchers
Publisher:	Springer Verlag (Germany)
ISSN:	0009-398X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	9 May 2018
Date of Acceptance:	2 May 2018
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2023 13:59
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/111328

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