Socioemotional development in children with callous-unemotional traits: A case study of a multimodal intervention

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Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
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A subgroup of children with conduct disorder (CD) has callous unemotional traits (CU, e.g., lack of empathy, caring behaviours and remorse), which predicts a negative evolution of this disorder. Responses to empirically supported interventions are very low in children with CD and CU traits. This case study presents an individualized intervention with an 11-year-old child who shows a stable and aggressive pattern of disruptive behaviour (CD and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and severe CU traits. The goals of the intervention focused on both emotion recognition and parent training. The results of the treatment presented in this case study show advances in socioemotional development along with a decrease of problematic conduct, which improve the child’s ability to adapt to his environment. The need of personalizing and adjusting treatments aimed at modifying problematic conduct in children with CU is discussed to shed light on future approaches to clinical intervention.
Desarrollo socioafectivo de un niño con insensibilidad emocional: un estudio de caso. Un subgrupo de niños con problemas de conducta (PC) presenta también rasgos de insensibilidad emocional (falta de empatía, culpa y ausencia de conducta de cuidado) que predicen una evolución negativa del trastorno. Estos niños muestran baja respuesta a las intervenciones con apoyo empírico para los PC. Este estudio de caso presenta el tratamiento de un niño de 11 años con un comportamiento disruptivo severo (conducta problemática y TDAH) y pronunciados rasgos de insensibilidad emocional. Los objetivos de la intervención se centraron en el entrenamiento en reconocimiento emocional y en el entrenamiento parental. Los resultados del tratamiento muestran mejoras en el desarrollo socioafectivo del niño y disminución de las conductas problemáticas favoreciendo su adaptación al entorno. Se discute la necesidad de adaptar los tratamientos para modificar las conductas problema en los niños con insensibilidad emocional.

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Gallego-Matellán, M. d. M., López-Romero, L., & León-Mejía, A. C. (2019). Socioemotional development in children with callous-unemotional traits: A case study of a multimodal intervention. Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes, 6(1), 57–63

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Laura López-Romero’s contribution to this paper was partially supported by the Programa de Axudas á Etapa Posdoutoral da Xunta de Galicia (Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria)

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