Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychopathy
ISBN: 9781606236826 | 1606236822
Edition: 1stFormat: Trade Book
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Pub. Date: 5/19/2010
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This comprehensive Handbook synthesizes the explosion of recent research on child and adolescent psychopathy: its nature, causes, development, assessment, and treatment. The editors and contributors are leading authorities who review state-of-the-art empirical findings and weigh in on pressing questions, such as how the disorder should be conceptualized in youth and how to evaluate it in clinical and forensic contexts. Available assessment instruments and intervention approaches are critically examined. Etiological theories are presented that s... MORE
| Child and Adolescent Psychopathy: An Introduction | p. 1 |
| Classification and Assessment | |
| Conceptualizing the Psychopathic Personality: Disinhibited, Bold,... or Just Plain Mean? | p. 15 |
| Historical Conceptions of Risk Subtyping among Children and Adolescents | p. 49 |
| Assessment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathy | p. 79 |
| Etiological Theories | |
| Genetics of Child and Adolescent Psychopathy | ... MORE |
| Callous-Unemotional Traits and Their Importance to Causal Models of Severe Antisocial Behavior in Youth | p. 135 |
| A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Child and Adolescent Psychopathy | p. 156 |
| Child and Adolescent Psychopathy and Personality | p. 179 |
| Environmental Influences on Child and Adolescent Psychopathy | p. 202 |
| Stability, Predictive Validity, and Comorbidity | |
| Stability and Change of Psychopathic Traits: What Do We Know? | p. 233 |
| Psychopathic Traits in Children and Adolescents: The Relationship with Antisocial Behaviors and Aggression | p. 251 |
| Relationships of Child and Adolescent Psychopathy to Other Forms of Psychopathology | p. 284 |
| Special Populations, Treatment, and Forensic Applications | |
| The Influences of Gender and Culture on Child and Adolescent Psychopathy | p. 317 |
| Treatment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathy: Focusing on Change | p. 343 |
| Forensic Issues for Child and Adolescent Psychopathy | p. 374 |
| Conclusions and Future Directions | |
| Child and Adolescent Psychopathy: The Road Ahead | p. 401 |
| Author Index | p. 421 |
| Subject Index | p. 436 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Randall T. Salekin, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychology, Director of the Disruptive Behavior Clinic, and Associate Director of the Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems at the University of Alabama. He has published in the areas of child and adolescent psychopathy and conduct problems. Dr. Salekin is a recipient of the American Psychology–Law Society’s Saleem Shah Award for early career excellence and contributions to the field of psychology and law. He serves on nine editorial boards, is Editor of the Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology . Donald R. Lynam, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He has published extensively in the areas of adult and juvenile psychopathy, the development of antisocial behavior, and the role of individual differences in deviance. Dr. Lynam is a recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology and is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. He formerly served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Psychological Science .
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