APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
Blame Game: Callous-Unemotional Traits Predict External Blame Attribution for a Crime in Male Youth Offenders
- Teresa Verduzco Villa
University of California, Irvine - Tristan Sodkomkum
University of California - Irvine (Department of Psychological Science) - Diana Vallelunga
University of California - Irvine (Department of Psychological Science) - Lilibeth Martinez
University of California - Irvine (Department of Psychological Science) - Scarlet Cho
University of California, Irvine - Elizabeth Cauffman
University of California, Irvine
Abstract
Little is known about how callous-unemotional (CU) traits and blame attribution may be related. This study explored this longitudinally, finding that higher levels of CU traits predicted higher external blame attribution for youths’ offending one year later. Findings have implications for judicial decision-making and for further study of CU traits.
Criminal Justice
