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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"conduct problems"”.
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Developmental Pathways To Conduct Problems
… for childhood-onset and adolescent-onset conduct problems. It investigates a variety of causal factors proven to be important for the development of antisocial behaviors, specifically neuropsychological/cognitive deficits, temperamental vulnerabilities, dysfunctional parenting, deviant …
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TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF HYPERACTIVITY AND CONDUCT PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN
… in teachers' judgements of hyperactivity and conduct problems. A set of thirty eight vignettes was presented to fifty elementary school teachers. Five variables, two levels of each, were systematically varied in the vignettes: gender (male or female), quality of schoolwork (adequate or poor), …
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Treatment of Comorbid Conduct Problems and Depression in Youth: A Pilot Study
… protocol for adolescents with co-occurring conduct problems and depression and to examine changes in diagnostic status, symptomatic improvement, and related areas of functioning associated with this treatment. Manualized treatment consisted of 11 to 16 sessions that targeted problem solving …
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Adolescents With Conduct Problems: Analyzing The Impact of Family Structure on Treatment Outcomes
… minority, urban adolescents exhibiting behavior problems (blacks, 56.2%; Latinos/Hispanics, 20.5%, whites, 16.4%; and other, 6.8%). Eighty-one families received Functional Family Treatment, which features evidence- and family-based, customized intervention, and they were assigned to a two …
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Positive psychology intervention for girls with conduct problems: a single-case time-series design
… with psychopathic traits are more likely to have problems in institutional settings and commit more violent and damaging offenses following release, as well as be faced with problems (e.g., lost educational opportunities, drug use) that impede their functioning as young adults. There has been a …
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Deviant Peers, Substance Use, and Conduct Problems across Adolescence: Moderators of Selection and Socialization Processes
… the persistence and exacerbation of adolescent conduct problems (CP) and substance use (SU), few studies have investigated processes through which these relations develop, the stability of ADP, risk factors for ADP, or prospective relations among patterns of ADP, CP, and SU across adolescence …
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Development of conduct problems in girls: Testing theoretical models and examining the role of puberty
In an attempt to understand girls' involvement conduct problems, this dissertation first reviews two existing theoretical approaches that provide an explanation for the development of conduct problems. Specifically, the available literature on the development and correlates of conduct problems in …
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Behavioural parent training: The development of a high intensity programme for the treatment of moderate/severe child conduct problems
… develop an effective method of intervention for conduct disorder arose through practice experience. As a social worker based in a special school for children with severe emotional and behavioural problems between 1986 and 1995, I had responsibility for working with the child in the famiIy …
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How MAOA, decision-making, and negative parenting impact aggression and conduct problems in children: a gene by environment interaction study
… between MAOA gene variant and aggression/conduct problems and if low/high MAOA and negative parenting will moderate decision-making and aggression/conduct problems. Method: Study used archival baseline data from a population of at-risk children. Measures include the buccal swab, the Iowa …
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Developmental Pathways for Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorders
… in an at-risk environment, would result in conduct problems. Hyperactivity and negative life events were hypothesized to be broad band risk factors for both pathways. The first pathway, characterized by callous-unemotional traits (CU), was hypothesized to be positively associated with thrill …
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“You can’t sit with us”: Relational aggression as an indicator of impairment in the conceptualization of conduct behaviors
… have advocated for the need to update conduct disorder (CD) criteria to account for gender differences in symptom presentation. In particular, some researchers suggest that the inclusion of relational aggression in CD diagnostic criteria could increase clinicians’ ability to identify …
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School climate as strain for youth in residential treatment
… treatment. General strain theory posits that conduct problems arise from pressure or strain in the environment. Agnew (2006) cited negative school climate as a source of strain for youth who display conduct problems. Poor family functioning is an additional commonly cited source of strain for …
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The contribution of different forms of violence exposure to internalising and externalising symptoms in young South African adolescents
Studies conducted in high income countries have increasingly recognised that youth who are violently victimised are often victimised across more than one life domain, a pattern of violence exposure termed poly-victimisation. Further, poly-vicimisation has been associated with a greater severity of …
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The place of emotion in oppositional defiant- and conduct disorders : a Rorschach study of 9-12 year old boys
… risk factors for the development of chronic conduct problems in children. Disturbances in emotional functioning in particular have been implicated in children's disruptive behaviour disorders at almost every level of analysis. In spite of this, emotional disturbances have not typically been …
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Transactions between Child Behavior and Parent Anxiety/Depression in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Roles of Parenting Stress, Self-Efficacy and Emotion Coaching
… which are also associated with child behavior problems related to ASD, such as aggressive behaviors and tantrums. Literature examining potential mechanisms that underlie the relationship of child behavior problems and parental anxiety/depression are scarce. The current study seeks to examine …
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Group counseling for anger control: the effects of an intervention program with middle school students
… identified by their school principals as having conduct problems. An eight-week cognitive-behavioral intervention was co-led by pairs of student services personnel made up of school psychologists, school social workers, and school counselors. The anger management program, called "Better Ways of …
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The relationship between anxiety, working memory and academic performance among secondary school pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties: a test of Processing Efficiency Theory
… and parent-rated measures of conduct problems and hyperactivity were used as indicators of emotional regulation. The results showed that overall, there<br/>was a negative association between test anxiety and academic performance and this association was clearer for the thoughts …
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Psychopathic traits and social-cognitive processes in aggressive youth
… outcomes and high rates of recidivism. In youth, conduct problems and callous/unemotional characteristics are associated with characteristics of adulthood psychopathy. Downward extending adult criteria to youth is problematic. However, there is substantial evidence that adults with psychopathy …
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