A Behavioral Test of Accepting Benefits that Cost Others: Associations with Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotionality

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 7; no. 4; p. e36158
• Main Authors: Sakai, Joseph T., Dalwani, Manish S., Gelhorn, Heather L., Mikulich-Gilbertson, Susan K., Crowley, Thomas J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 27.04.2012; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Altruism; Antisocial personality disorder; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Behavior disorders; Biology; Case-Control Studies; Charities; Child behavior; Child care; Child development; Children & youth; Conduct Disorder - diagnosis; Conduct Disorder - psychology; Copper; Decision making; Emotions; Female; Games; Humans; Impulsivity; Information management; Intoxication; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Medicine; Patients; Psychiatry; Reciprocity; Reward; Self interest; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Social Behavior; Teenagers; United States > US; Colorado

Youth with conduct problems (CP) often make decisions which value self-interest over the interests of others. Self-benefiting behavior despite loss to others is especially common among youth with CP and callous-unemotional traits (CU). Such behavioral tendencies are generally measured using self- or...