PSYC 3342 Lecture Notes - Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Juvenile Delinquency, Conduct Disorder
6 Feb 2013
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Conduct problems and antisocial bx described age inappropriate actions/attitudes that violate family expectation, societal norms or personal or property rights of others. Diversity in disruptive/rule-violating behaviors ranges form annoying minor behavior to serious antisocial bx. Consider many types, pathways, causes and outcomes. Often associated with unfortunate family and neighborhood circumstances; circumstances do no excuse the bx but helps us understand it. Context: antisocial bx appear and decline during normal development. Vary in severity, minor disobedience to fighting. More common in boys in childhood but the difference narrows in teens. Kids who are the most physically aggressive in early childhood maintain their relative standing over time. Juvenile delinquency : kid who has broken the law. Legal definitions result from apprehension and court contact; so they exclude antisocial bx of very young kid occurring in home or school. Age of responsibilities is 12 in most states and provinces.
