Moral reasoning and conduct problems in children with emotional and behavioural difficulties

Robert James Richard Blair; Jey Monson; Norah Frederickson

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Moral reasoning and conduct problems in children with emotional and behavioural difficulties

Robert James Richard Blair, Jey Monson, Norah Frederickson

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This study investigates whether performance on the moral/conventional distinction measure predicts level of childhood conduct problems as indexed by the Psychopathy Screening Device [Frick, P. J., Hare, R. D. (1996). The psychopathy screening device. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems.]. One-hundred and two children with emotional and behavioural difficulties were presented with the moral/conventional distinction measure. Performance on the moral/conventional distinction measure did predict extent of behavioural disturbance. The results are interpreted within the Violence Inhibition Mechanism model of normal and atypical moral development.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	799-811
Number of pages	13
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00181-1
State	Published - Oct 1 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Children
Conduct problems
Emotional and behavioural difficulties
Moral reasoning
Psychopathy

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General Psychology

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