Exploring the Relationship between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Implicit Attitudes toward Violence.

Past research has associated (CU) in young people with serious conduct problems and antisocial behavior. However, whether CU traits influence implicit attitudes toward violence remains largely unexplored. We assess this hypothesis in two independent samples: a sample of youth with no criminal records (Study 1, N = 86), and in a sample of young offenders (Study 2, N = 61).

Implicit Attitudes Toward Violence in a Sample of Adolescent Offenders With Conduct Disorder.

Few studies have addressed attitudes toward violence in offender populations using implicit measures. The aim of this study is to test whether implicit attitudes toward two types of violence (physical and relational) differ between two groups of adolescent offenders: one group with conduct disorder (CD; = 36) and the other group without this condition (No-CD; = 26). We found that adolescent offenders with CD evidenced less negative implicit attitudes toward physical violence than the No-CD group.