PSYC 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Multisystemic Therapy, Parent Management Training, Emotional Dysregulation
11 Dec 2016
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Conduct problems and antisocial behaviors describes a wide range of age-inappropriate actions and attitudes of a child that violate family expectations, societal norms, and others" rights. Context: antisocial behaviors appear and decline during normal development, vary in severity, some behaviors decrease, some increase with age, more common in boys than girls, but disparity narrows in adolescence. Social and economic costs: costs to society due to life of crime/substance abuse, mental health expenditures attributable to crime. Perspectives: legal - delinquent or criminal acts. Juvenile delinquency children who have broken a law. Delinquent acts include property crimes and violent crimes. Self-reported antisocial behaviors differ from those apprehended by police because of intelligence differences or resourcefulness: psychological. Externalizing behavior consists of rule-breaking behavior and. Overt visible acts (e. g. ; fighting) and covert hidden acts (e. g. Overt visible acts (e. g. ; fighting) and covert hidden acts (e. g. lying) Overt tends to be irritable, negative, and hostile.
