Children and adolescents with psychopathic traits show deficits in emotion recognition, but there is no consensus as to the extent of their generalizability or about the variables that may be moderating the process. The present Systematic Review brings together the existing scientific corpus on the subject and attempts to answer these questions through an exhaustive review of the existing literature according to PRISMA 2020 statement. Results confirmed the existence of pervasive deficits in emotion recognition and, more specifically, on distress emotions (e.g., fear), a deficit that transcends all modalities of emotion presentation and all emotional stimuli used. Moreover, they supported the key role of attention to relevant areas that provide emotional cues (e.g., eye-region) and point out differences according to the presence of disruptive behavior and based on the psychopathy dimension examined. This evidence could advance the current knowledge on developmental models of psychopathic traits. Yet, homogenization of the conditions of research in this area should be prioritized to be able to draw more robust and generalizable conclusions.

具有精神病特征的儿童和青少年在情绪识别方面表现出缺陷，但对于其普遍性程度或可能调节这一过程的变量尚未达成共识。本系统综述汇集了有关该主题的现有科学语料库，并试图根据 PRISMA 2020 声明，通过对现有文献的详尽回顾来回答这些问题。结果证实，在情绪识别方面存在普遍的缺陷，更具体地说，在痛苦情绪（例如恐惧）方面存在普遍的缺陷，这种缺陷超越了所有情绪表达方式和所使用的所有情绪刺激。此外，他们支持关注提供情绪线索的相关区域（例如眼部区域）的关键作用，并根据破坏性行为的存在和所检查的精神病维度指出差异。这一证据可以推进当前对精神病特征发展模型的认识。然而，应优先考虑该领域研究条件的同质化，以便能够得出更可靠和更普遍的结论。