ABSTRACT

Proactive aggressive behaviour (PA) refers to violent and intentional behaviours with serious consequences. Adolescents entrusted by law to youth protection centres are at risk of this type of behaviour. To understand their behaviour, several factors have to be considered (i.e. reactive aggressive behaviour (RA), gender differences, externalized disorders). More importantly, callous–unemotional (CU) traits and lack of empathy can have an impact either way, but their contribution needs to be better understood. The objective of this study is to document the relationships between these factors and PA and to measure their contribution. A total of 87 teenagers living in a youth protection centres (53.5% girls and 46.5% boys), aged between 13 and 18, took part in the study. Results showed positive correlation between PA and RA, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder and CU traits, as well as negative correlation between PA and affective empathy. Hierarchical regression analyses confirm that CU traits and affective empathy remain contributing factors in a unique way. Our results highlight the importance of taking into account the adolescent’s capacity to feel emotions towards others in order to better assess, understand and act upon their aggressive behaviour.

摘要

主动攻击行为（PA）是指具有严重后果的暴力和故意行为。受法律委托进入青少年保护中心的青少年面临此类行为的风险。要了解他们的行为，必须考虑几个因素（即反应性攻击行为（RA）、性别差异、外化障碍）。更重要的是，冷酷无情 (CU) 的特质和缺乏同理心会产生任何影响，但需要更好地理解它们的贡献。本研究的目的是记录这些因素与 PA 之间的关系并衡量它们的贡献。共有 87 名生活在青少年保护中心的青少年（53.5% 的女孩和 46.5% 的男孩）参加了这项研究，年龄在 13 至 18 岁之间。结果显示PA与RA呈正相关，对立违抗障碍、品行障碍和CU特征，以及PA与情感移情之间的负相关。分层回归分析证实，CU 特质和情感同理心仍然以独特的方式促成因素。我们的研究结果强调了考虑青少年感受他人情绪的能力的重要性，以便更好地评估、理解和应对他们的攻击性行为。