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Social anxiety but not callous-unemotional traits predicts shame coping in conduct disorder

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  • Laura M. Derks

  • Kelly Melvin-Hilmer

  • Martin Holtmann

  • Tanja Legenbauer

  • June 11, 2026

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    Social anxiety significantly influences internalizing shame coping mechanisms in adolescents with conduct disorder.

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    Callous-unemotional traits do not correlate with shame proneness or shame coping in adolescents with conduct disorder.

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    The study involved 40 adolescent inpatients with conduct disorders who completed questionnaires on relevant emotional constructs.

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    Social anxiety was a predictor of internalizing shame coping, while no predictors emerged for externalizing shame coping.

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    Mediation analyses indicated that neither shame proneness nor social anxiety mediated the relationship between CU traits and shame coping.

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Social anxiety but not callous-unemotional traits predicts shame coping in conduct disorder

  • by Laura M. Derks, Kelly Melvin-Hilmer, Martin Holtmann, Tanja Legenbauer

  • June 11, 2026

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