Interpersonal callousness and co-occurring anxiety: Developmental validity of an adolescent taxonomy

TY - JOUR

T1 - Interpersonal callousness and co-occurring anxiety

T2 - Developmental validity of an adolescent taxonomy

AU - Meehan, Alan

AU - Maughan, Barbara

AU - Cecil, Charlotte A M

AU - Barker, Edward D.

PY - 2017/2/1

Y1 - 2017/2/1

N2 - Growing evidence suggests heterogeneity within interpersonal-callous (IC) youth based on co-occurring anxiety. The developmental validity of this proposed taxonomy remains unclear however, as most previous research is cross-sectional and/or limited to adolescence. We aimed to identify low-anxiety (IC/ANX±) and high-anxiety (IC/ANX-) IC variants, and compare these groups on (a) early risk exposures, (b) psychiatric symptoms from midchildhood to early adolescence, and (c) school-based functioning. Using the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), a prospective epidemiological birth cohort, modelbased cluster analysis was performed on children with complete age-13 IC and anxiety scores (n = 6,791). Analysis of variance was used to compare resulting clusters on (a) prenatal and postnatal family adversity and maternal psychopathology, and harsh parenting; (b) developmental differences in attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder (CD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), emotional difficulties, and low pro-social behavior at 7, 10, and 13 years; and (c) teacher-reported discipline problems, along with standardized test performance. We identified a 4-cluster solution: "typical," "low," "IC/ANX±", and "IC/ANX-." IC/ANX- youth showed the highest prenatal and postnatal levels of family adversity and maternal psychopathology, highest levels of ADHD, CD, ODD, and emotional difficulties, greatest discipline problems, and lowest national test scores (all p

AB - Growing evidence suggests heterogeneity within interpersonal-callous (IC) youth based on co-occurring anxiety. The developmental validity of this proposed taxonomy remains unclear however, as most previous research is cross-sectional and/or limited to adolescence. We aimed to identify low-anxiety (IC/ANX±) and high-anxiety (IC/ANX-) IC variants, and compare these groups on (a) early risk exposures, (b) psychiatric symptoms from midchildhood to early adolescence, and (c) school-based functioning. Using the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), a prospective epidemiological birth cohort, modelbased cluster analysis was performed on children with complete age-13 IC and anxiety scores (n = 6,791). Analysis of variance was used to compare resulting clusters on (a) prenatal and postnatal family adversity and maternal psychopathology, and harsh parenting; (b) developmental differences in attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder (CD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), emotional difficulties, and low pro-social behavior at 7, 10, and 13 years; and (c) teacher-reported discipline problems, along with standardized test performance. We identified a 4-cluster solution: "typical," "low," "IC/ANX±", and "IC/ANX-." IC/ANX- youth showed the highest prenatal and postnatal levels of family adversity and maternal psychopathology, highest levels of ADHD, CD, ODD, and emotional difficulties, greatest discipline problems, and lowest national test scores (all p

KW - Anxiety

KW - Avon longitudinal study of parents and children

KW - Interpersonal callousness

KW - Psychopathology

KW - Risk factors

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U2 - 10.1037/abn0000235

DO - 10.1037/abn0000235

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85009963961

SN - 0021-843X

VL - 126

SP - 225

EP - 236

JO - Journal of Abnormal Psychology

JF - Journal of Abnormal Psychology

IS - 2

ER -