Callous-unemotional personality in children bullying victims

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.1.34962

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bullying, behavior, emphatic, lack of emotion

Abstract

The Callous-Unemotional personality it is well examined among bullying aggressors, however little is known regarding this characteristic in victims. The present study aimed to investigate the insensibility and coldness in children living under bullying circumstances. Sixty children of the 6° school grade took part in the study, divided in groups of aggressors (n=15), victims (n=15), bully-victims (n=15), and a control group (n=15). Personality and behavior assessment scales were applied. Results revealed that victims showed a lower level of Callous-Unemotional personality compared to other groups, and also presented a higher level of pro-social behavior. It turns necessary to investigate if lower levels of those personality traits are associated to a higher passivity in victims and, consequently, to a greater probability of being target of bullying.

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Wandersonia Moreira Brito Medeiros, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.

Mestre em Neurociência Cognitiva e Comportamento pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), em João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.

Nelson Torro Alves, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.

Doutor em Psicobiologia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), em Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil; professor da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), em João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.

Carla Alexandra da Silva Moita Minervino, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brasil

Doutora em Ciências da Saúde pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), em João Pessoa, PB, Brasil; professora da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, em João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.

Cyntia Diógenes Ferreira, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.

Mestre em Neurociência Cognitiva e Comportamento pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFP), em João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.

Bernardino Fernández Calvo, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brasil; Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Córdoba, Espanha.

Doutor em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde pela Universidade de Salamanca, e, Salamanca, Espanha; professor da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, em João Pessoa, PB, Brasil; professor da Universidad de Córdoba, em Córboda, Espanha.

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2021-06-14

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Medeiros, W. M. B., Torro Alves, N., da Silva Moita Minervino, C. A., Diógenes Ferreira, C., & Fernández Calvo, B. (2021). Callous-unemotional personality in children bullying victims. Psico, 52(1), e34962. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.1.34962

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