TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Childhood maltreatment and violent delinquency in Chinese juvenile offenders: callous-unemotional traits as a mediator
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Chang, Shumin
A1  - Hou, Qingqing
A1  - Wang, Chengyi
A1  - Wang, Meifang
A1  - Wang, Lingxiao
A1  - Zhang, Wenxin
SP  - 105085
EP  - 105085
VL  - 117
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: Adolescents in China suffer a high prevalence of childhood maltreatment, which has been shown to facilitate juvenile violent delinquency. Studies have implicated a relationship between callous-unemotional traits and both juvenile violent delinquency and childhood maltreatment. However, the complex relationships among these three variables have not yet been examined. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of callous-unemotional traits in the relationship between different types of childhood maltreatment and juvenile violent delinquency. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Childhood maltreatment and callous-unemotional traits were assessed in a sample of 441 juvenile violent offenders and a control group of 543 non-offenders, using questionnaires. <br><br>METHODS: After controlling for socio-economic status, a mediation analysis determined the direct, indirect, and total effect of the mediation of callous-unemotional traits in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and juvenile violent delinquency. <br><br>RESULTS: The results showed no mediation of callous-unemotional traits in the relationship between physical abuse and juvenile violent delinquency. However, callous-unemotional traits mediated the relationship between sexual abuse and juvenile violent delinquency as well as between emotional neglect and juvenile violent delinquency. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that sexual abuse has both a direct and indirect effect on juvenile violent delinquency via callous-unemotional traits, whereas childhood emotional neglect had only an indirect effect on juvenile violent delinquency.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105085
ID  - ref1
ER  -