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Review
. 2024 Dec 10:15:1507695.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1507695. eCollection 2024.

Deficits in emotional cognition among individuals with conduct disorder: theoretical perspectives

Xue Li  1 , Hui Kou  2 , Taiyong Bi  2 , Zuoyang Peng  3
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Deficits in emotional cognition among individuals with conduct disorder: theoretical perspectives

Xue Li et al. Front Psychiatry. .

Abstract

Conduct disorder refers to a persistent and repetitive pattern of problematic behavior, and is usually accompanied by deficits in cognitive processing of emotional stimuli. Behavioral and physiological correlates of these deficits have been the subject of sufficiently many investigations. Meanwhile, several theories concerning conduct disorder have been developed. However, the validity of these theories to explain the emotional processing deficits among conduct-disordered individuals has not been tested. Here we summarized four relevant theories, including "social-cognitive theory and social-information-processing theory", "violence inhibition model", "optimal stimulation/arousal theory and stimulation/sensation seeking theory", and "fearlessness theory", and discussed their validity in predicting the emotional processing deficits among conduct disordered individuals. Future directions on the theories and evidence were proposed.

Keywords: cognitive deficit; conduct disorder; emotional cognition; emotional processing; theoretical perspectives.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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