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Describe age inappropriate actions and attitudes that violate family expectations, societal norms, and personal or property rights of others
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Conduct problems /antisocial behaviors
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Disruptive and rule violating behaviors range from ___ to ___
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Annoying minor behaviors
serious antisocial behaviors |
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We must consider many types, pathways, causes, and outcomes of conduct problems. This are often associated with ...
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Unfortunate family and neighborhood circumstances
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__ does not excuse the behavior but help us understand and prevent it
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Circumstances
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Provide some context of antisocial behaviors
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Antisocial behaviors appear and decline during normal
development
They vary in severity, from minor disobedience to
fighting
Some antisocial behaviors decrease with age,
whereas others increase with age and opportunity
Are more common in boys in childhood, but the
difference narrows in adolescence
Children who are the most physically aggressive in
early childhood maintain relative standing over time
Studies find aggressive acts to be highly stable
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What disorder is the most costly mental health
problem in North America
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Conduct problem disorder
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What are the social and economic costs of conduct problems
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Early, persistent, and extreme pattern of antisocial
behavior occurs in about 5% of children; these children
account for over 50% of all crime in the U.S., and
approximately 30-50% of clinic referrals
As much as 20% of mental health expenditures in the
U.S. are attributable to crime
Public costs across healthcare, juvenile justice, and
educational systems are at least $10,000 a year per child
Lifetime cost to society per child who leaves high school for life of crime and substance abuse is estimated to be at least $2 million
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Children who have broken a law
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Juvenile delinquency
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Legal definitions result from ... and ...
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Apprehension and court contact
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Legal definitions exclude...
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Antisocial behaviors of very young children occuring in home or school
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Minimum age of responsibility is _ in most states and provinces
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12
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Are there any clear boundaries that exist between delinquent acts that are reactions to environmental conditions, and those resulting from factors within the child
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No
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does every child meeting legal definition of
delinquency also meet definition of a mental disorder
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No only a subgroup
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What is the psychological perspective of conduct disorder
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- seen on continuous dimension of externalizing behavior
- children at upper extreme has conduct problems |
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2 types of externalizing dimensions
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1. rule-breaking behavior
2. aggressive behavior |
