Title
The “Joker” laugh: Social judgments towards affective deviants in a sample of young offenders with callous unemotional traits
Date Issued
01 December 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Chuquichambi E.G.
Carmona C.A.
Arango-Tobón O.E.
Amador O.
Rosselló J.
Ingram G.P.D.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
We assessed negative bias in Colombian young offenders towards affective deviants (those who violate emotional norms). Postulating that affective deviants elicit an “uncanny/creepy” feeling resembling that produced by psychopaths, we explored social judgments of affective deviants in individuals with callous-unemotional (CU) traits. 188 young offenders evaluated a target displaying congruent or incongruent affective displays in response to pictures eliciting positive/negative affect, depending on the condition. Affective deviants were rated as creepier and less trustworthy, and more likely to have bad moral character, than targets who displayed normative affect. Further, affective deviants who displayed positive affect in response to negative stimuli were rated as having worse moral character than those who displayed negative affect in response to positive stimuli. CU traits predicted lower trustworthiness judgments of targets in congruent conditions, but higher trustworthiness judgments of targets in incongruent conditions. CU traits also predicted higher desired social distance and creepiness judgments in congruent conditions. Creepiness ratings correlated with judgments of bad moral character, suggesting that this emotional response may be involved in moral evaluations of strangers. These findings indicate that deviant affective displays produce a variety of negative social judgments, with CU traits playing a role in these social cognitive heuristics.
Volume
183
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85111235854
Source
Personality and Individual Differences
Resource of which it is part
Personality and Individual Differences
ISSN of the container
01918869
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