Hi there, I am planning on applying this fall to clinical Ph.D programs. My research and clinical experience is in autism and family research. However, I am interested in researching externalizing behaviors, callous-unemotional traits, conduct disorder, especially in family contexts and interventions.
My question is, does the fact that I don't have experience specifically doing research with individuals with conduct disorder or other similar areas going to hurt me in the application process? I know I can talk up the family aspects of my experience, and of course a lot of the kids I work with clinically and in our research setting exhibit a lot of externalizing behaviors and aggression. I had heard that it wasn't necessarily a problem, but when I look at some of the school's current labs they are filled with people with hyper relevant experience.
Thanks!