24 conduct-disordered youth were compared with 22 psychotic youth on differential responsivity to human versus nonhuman content plates on the PPVT-R. Conduct-disordered youth performed worse on items featuring human stimuli, implying antisocial patterns which might correlate with more active avoidance of social relating.
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