TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical utility of diagnosing limited prosocial emotions in young children using the Clinical Assessment of Prosocial Emotions (CAPE)
AU - Neo, Bryan
AU - Fleming, Georgette E.
AU - Kaouar, Silvana
AU - Chan, Mei E.
AU - Huang, Nikki N.
AU - Hawes, David J.
AU - Eapen, Valsamma
AU - Briggs, Nancy
AU - Kimonis, Eva R.
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - This study evaluated the interrater reliability, convergent and divergent validity, incremental validity, and clinical prognostic utility of the Clinical Assessment of Prosocial Emotions (CAPE; Frick, 2013) for assessing limited prosocial emotions (LPE). Participants were 232 young children ( Mage = 3.94 years, SD = 1.46, range = 2–8; 74.6% boys) clinic-referred for conduct problems. We scored the CAPE using binary and dimensional scoring approaches and measured outcomes using parent-report and child laboratory measures. CAPE LPE symptom ratings had good interrater reliability. Children diagnosed with pretreatment LPE had more severe externalizing problems and lower empathy than children without LPE but did not differ in emotion recognition accuracy or anxiety. Dimensional CAPE symptom sum scores were associated with criterion variable scores in expected ways and offered incremental validity beyond scores on the parent-report Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits for predicting conduct problem severity, aggression, empathy deficits, and global emotion recognition accuracy. Among children who completed parent management training ( n = 44), those diagnosed with LPE ended treatment with more severe aggressive behavior than those without LPE. Overall, children diagnosed with CAPE LPE have severe externalizing problems and achieve reduced benefits from standard parent management training, supporting the need for tailored and intensive interventions to maximize treatment outcomes.
AB - This study evaluated the interrater reliability, convergent and divergent validity, incremental validity, and clinical prognostic utility of the Clinical Assessment of Prosocial Emotions (CAPE; Frick, 2013) for assessing limited prosocial emotions (LPE). Participants were 232 young children ( Mage = 3.94 years, SD = 1.46, range = 2–8; 74.6% boys) clinic-referred for conduct problems. We scored the CAPE using binary and dimensional scoring approaches and measured outcomes using parent-report and child laboratory measures. CAPE LPE symptom ratings had good interrater reliability. Children diagnosed with pretreatment LPE had more severe externalizing problems and lower empathy than children without LPE but did not differ in emotion recognition accuracy or anxiety. Dimensional CAPE symptom sum scores were associated with criterion variable scores in expected ways and offered incremental validity beyond scores on the parent-report Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits for predicting conduct problem severity, aggression, empathy deficits, and global emotion recognition accuracy. Among children who completed parent management training ( n = 44), those diagnosed with LPE ended treatment with more severe aggressive behavior than those without LPE. Overall, children diagnosed with CAPE LPE have severe externalizing problems and achieve reduced benefits from standard parent management training, supporting the need for tailored and intensive interventions to maximize treatment outcomes.
KW - assessment
KW - diagnosis
KW - callous-unemotional traits
KW - limited prosocial emotions
KW - psychopathic personality traits
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85178500234&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/pas0001279
DO - 10.1037/pas0001279
M3 - Article
C2 - 37768639
SN - 1040-3590
VL - 35
SP - 1085
EP - 1097
JO - Psychological Assessment
JF - Psychological Assessment
IS - 12
ER -