Callous-Unemotional Traits and Risk of Gun Carrying and Use During Crime.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates the importance of considering callous-unemotional traits in gun violence research both because callous-unemotional traits increase gun carrying and use in adolescents and because the traits may moderate other key risk factors. Notably, the influence of peer gun carrying and ownership may have been underestimated in past research for the majority of adolescents by not considering the moderating influence of callous-unemotional traits.
PMID: 32539529 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - June 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Robertson EL, Frick PJ, Walker TM, Kemp EC, Ray JV, Thornton LC, Wall Myers TD, Steinberg L, Cauffman E Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research