Social Problems in Children: Exploring the Contribution of Triarchic Traits and Parenting

Green, Lindsey M.; Palumbo, Isabella M.; Shishido, Yuri; Kesner, John E.; Latzman, Robert D.

doi:10.1007/s10578-019-00918-0

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“…Further, Kyranides et al (2017) showed that the triarchic traits were physiologically differentiable in adolescence: boldness was correlated with low resting heart rate and blunted cardiac reactivity to violent films, whereas meanness was associated with reduced startle potentiation during violent films. Recent work has even extended the known nomological network of the triarchic model to middle childhood (Green, Palumbo, Shishido, Kesner, & Latzman, 2020; Palumbo, Patrick, & Latzman, 2020), finding that boldness was related to lower concurrent internalizing psychopathology and social problems; meanness was associated with increased externalizing and social problems, as well as internalizing in some studies; and disinhibition was related to greater internalizing, externalizing, social problems, and attention problems. Further, in children, the triarchic traits appear to moderate the adverse influence of poor parenting on social problems, with boldness representing a protective factor and meanness and disinhibition exacerbating the relationship (Green et al, 2020).…”

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Pursuing the developmental aims of the triarchic model of psychopathy: Creation and validation of triarchic scales for use in the USC: RFAB longitudinal twin project

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The triarchic model was advanced as an integrative, trait-based framework for investigating psychopathy using different assessment methods and across developmental periods. Recent research has shown that the triarchic traits of boldness, meanness, and disinhibition can be operationalized effectively in youth, but longitudinal research is needed to realize the model's potential to advance developmental understanding of psychopathy. We report on the creation and validation of scale measures of the triarchic traits using questionnaire items available in the University of Southern California Risk Factors for Antisocial Behavior (RFAB) project, a large-scale longitudinal study of the development of antisocial behavior that includes measures from multiple modalities (self-report, informant rating, clinical-diagnostic, task-behavioral, physiological). Using a construct-rating and psychometric refinement approach, we developed triarchic scales that showed acceptable reliability, expected intercorrelations, and good temporal stability. The scales showed theory-consistent relations with external criteria including measures of psychopathy, internalizing/externalizing psychopathology, antisocial behavior, and substance use. Findings demonstrate the viability of measuring triarchic traits in the RFAB sample, extend the known nomological network of these traits into the developmental realm, and provide a foundation for follow-up studies examining the etiology of psychopathic traits and their relations with multimodal measures of cognitive-affective function and proneness to clinical problems.

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“…The triarchic traits are in fact considered specific bio-behavioral vulnerabilities along a dimensional continuum. In particular, disinhibition involves frontal-brain-based differences in the capability to restrain behavior and regulate emotional reactivity (Patrick et al, 2012), and it shows robust associations with Factor 2 of the PCL-R. Actually, the association between disinhibition and externalizing problems and behavior is well documented in adults (e.g., Drislane et al, 2019) as well as in children (e.g., Green et al, 2020; Sica et al, 2020).…”

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Triarchic Model of Psychopathy and Intimate Partner Violence: An Empirical Study on the Italian Community

Sica,

Caudek,

Bottesi

et al. 2023

J Interpers Violence

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious and recurrent phenomenon in many societies with severe physical and psychological consequences. In the present study, we aimed to explore the role of triarchic dimensions of psychopathy (disinhibition, boldness, and meanness) across gender in this occurrence. A questionnaire on inflicted (self) and experienced (partner) IPV and the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure were administered to a sample of 1,149 individuals from the Italian community. In general, self and partner IPV were moderately correlated. Bayesian regression analysis showed that disinhibition was positively correlated to both self and partner IPV (psychological and physical). In addition, boldness was negatively associated with perpetrated psychological IPV. Interactions by gender showed that meanness was positively related to perpetrated IPV in women (psychological and physical), whereas men with disinhibition features inflicted more physical violence than women. A high externalizing tendency (i.e., disinhibition) is therefore an important correlate of both perpetrated and reported IPV; moreover, boldness was associated with less psychological violence in general, whereas the effect of meanness depended on the gender of the individuals involved. Interestingly, the association between IPV and self-reported delinquent activities was low in magnitude (Spearman’s Rho around .20) suggesting limited overlap between these two constructs.

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“…For example, boldness relates strongly to self-report measures of fearlessness, low threat sensitivity, and tolerance for uncertainty (Benning et al, 2005;Patrick, Kramer, et al, 2019) and has been shown to relate inversely to internalizing psychopathology (Latzman et al, 2019(Latzman et al, , 2020. Meanness (or callousness; Frick et al, 2014), on the other hand, is hypothesized to entail deficits in neural systems for empathic concern (Blair, 1995(Blair, , 2007Marsh et al, 2013) and social affiliation (Green et al, 2020;Patrick et al, 2009;Viding & McCrory, 2019). Clinical researchers working with children and adolescents have suggested that impaired conscience development arising from lack of fear, and negative social exchanges that arise from weak restraint, also contribute to the development of meanness (Frick & Morris, 2004;Patrick et al, 2009).…”

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“…Two cross-sectional studies, one with children (Palumbo et al, 2021) and the other with adolescents (Sica et al, 2020), found small negative associations for boldness with ADHD-related problems (ßs = −.11 and −.26, respectively, when controlling for meanness and disinhibition). Socially adaptive behaviors associated with boldness may explain these findings: As noted above, this trait includes elements of social assuredness, dominance and leadership, and efficacious interpersonal relations (Green et al, 2020;Lilienfeld et al, 2016;Neo et al, 2018;Sica et al, 2020). In contrast, ADHD frequently involves social impairments (for review, see Ros & Graziano, 2018) that appear to vary based on the symptom dimension in question.…”

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Triarchic traits as risk versus protective factors for ADHD symptomatology: A prospective longitudinal investigation

Chan,

Perkins,

Bertoldi

et al. 2024

Dev Psychopathol

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms are associated with myriad adverse outcomes, including interpersonal difficulties, but factors that moderate the developmental course and functional impact of ADHD over time are not well understood. The present study evaluated developmental contributions of the triarchic neurobehavioral traits (boldness, meanness, and disinhibition) to ADHD symptomatology and its subdimensions from adolescence to young adulthood. Participants were twins and triplets assessed at ages 14, 17, and 19 (initial N = 1,185, 51.2% female). Path analyses using negative binomial regression revealed that boldness at age 14 was associated with more ADHD symptoms cross-sectionally (especially hyperactivity/impulsivity), but fewer symptoms (especially inattention) at age 19 in the prospective analysis. Notably, inclusion of interpersonal problems at ages 14 and 17 as covariates reduced the latter effect to nonsignificant. Disinhibition concurrently and prospectively predicted higher levels of ADHD symptoms, including both subdimensions, and the prospective effects were partially mediated by greater social impairment at age 17. Meanness prospectively (but not concurrently) predicted higher levels of hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms. Sex moderated certain associations of meanness and disinhibition with ADHD symptoms. These findings highlight how fundamental neurobehavioral traits shape both psychopathology and adaptive outcomes in the developmental course of ADHD.

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Social Problems in Children: Exploring the Contribution of Triarchic Traits and Parenting

Cited by 7 publications

References 65 publications

Pursuing the developmental aims of the triarchic model of psychopathy: Creation and validation of triarchic scales for use in the USC: RFAB longitudinal twin project

Pursuing the developmental aims of the triarchic model of psychopathy: Creation and validation of triarchic scales for use in the USC: RFAB longitudinal twin project

Triarchic Model of Psychopathy and Intimate Partner Violence: An Empirical Study on the Italian Community

Triarchic traits as risk versus protective factors for ADHD symptomatology: A prospective longitudinal investigation

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