Extending the construct of psychopathy to childhood: Testing associations with heart rate, skin conductance, and startle reactivity
2022 — Psychophysiological correlates in childhood
Research question
Can associations between psychopathic-trait dimensions and psychophysiological measures be detected earlier in development than adolescence/young adulthood?
Why it matters
This extends the physiological branch downward developmentally and tests whether putative biological correlates are already visible in childhood.
Inference boundary
Physiological associations are not automatically etiological mechanisms.