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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Attachment and Externalizing Behavior: Mediation By Callous-Unemotional Traits and Emotion Regulation

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Developmental

  • Naska Goagoses
    Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
  • Ute Koglin
    Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Abstract

The aim of the current study was to investigate whether callous-unemotional traits and dysfunctional emotion regulation mediate the association between parental attachment and externalizing behavior problems. A total of 297 adolescents were recruited in Germany. As hypothesized, the mediation analysis revealed significant direct and indirect effects.

Adolescent