Physiological Correlates of Conduct Problems and Applications to Treatment

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

Conduct problems in youth both predict future antisocial behavior in adults and also impose a significant financial cost to society. The biosocial approach attempts to identify physiological correlates of youth conduct problems. Increasingly, researchers have also begun to examine whether behavioral interventions for youth conduct problems could affect these physiological correlates and improve child behavior. The first two papers in this panel will examine physiological correlates of adolescent callous-unemotional traits and psychopathy. The final two papers will discuss changes in physiological functioning and antisocial behavior in response to behavioral interventions. Findings suggest that physiological risk factors for youth conduct problems may be improved through behavioral interventions for antisocial youth. Implications for treatment and policy will be discussed.

Sub Unit

• Area III: Perspectives on Crime and Criminal Behavior / 1: Biological, Bio-social, and Psychological Perspectives

Individual Presentations

• Fear Conditioning Skin Conductance Response and Callous Unemotional Traits among Children - Frances R. Chen, University of Pennsylvania; Adrian Raine, University of Pennsylvania; Anna Rudo-Hutt, Westchester Jewish Community Services; Yu Gao, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

• Psychopathy and P300 ERP in Juvenile Offenders - Abby Clark, University of Alabama; Randall T. Salekin, University of Alabama

• Treatment of Psychopathy in Adolescents - Randall T. Salekin, University of Alabama; Andrea Glenn, University of Alabama; Abby Clark, University of Alabama; C. Adam Coffey, University of Alabama

• Effects of a Preventive Intervention for Conduct Problems on Risk-Taking and Physiological Responding - Andrea Glenn, University of Alabama; Francesca Kassing, University of Alabama; Taylor Caleb, University of Alabama; John E. Lochman, University of Alabama; Nicole Powell, University of Alabama

Chair

• Jill Portnoy, University of Pennsylvania