Psychopathy

During the past years the conceptual design “Psychopathy” has been specified for childhood and adolescence. It offers the chance to describe and classify extreme forms of aggressive-dissocial behavior. Phenotypes, prevalence rates, and follow-...

Callous-unemotional traits: Behavioral problems und prosocial behavior in kindergarten children

In emotional development, callous-unemotional traits (CU-traits) which belong to the core traits of psychopathology, identify deviations such as lack of ...

Stability of personality pathology in delinquent juveniles

In this follow up study, the stability of dimensional assessed personality pathology was investigated in a sample of formerly incarcerated female and male adolescents in the course of one and a ...

The psychopathy concept in girls: A conceptual issue

The present study examines the validity of the psychopathy concept in delinquent girls and addresses the question of the extent to which differences between girls with psychopathy traits and girls ...

Mother-child interaction in VLBW preterm and full-term infants at the corrected age of 36 months

Mother-child interaction in preterm infants shows a higher rate of maternal intrusive and controlling behavior compared to term infants. Mother–child ...

Effective treatment of children with poor math abilities: Results of a meta-analysis

Children with poor mathematical abilities experience difficulties in many every-day situations. The aim of the present meta-analysis was to systematically summarize ...