Not exact matches
For example, some have found significant differences between children with divorced and continuously married parents even after controlling for
personality traits such as depression and
antisocial behavior in parents.59 Others have found higher rates of problems among children with single parents, using statistical methods that adjust for unmeasured variables that, in principle, should include parents»
personality traits as well as many genetic influences.60 And a few studies have found that the link between parental divorce and children's problems is similar for adopted and biological children — a finding that can not be explained by genetic transmission.61 Another study, based on a large sample of twins, found that growing up in a single - parent family predicted depression in
adulthood even with genetic resemblance controlled statistically.62 Although some degree of selection still may be operating, the weight of the evidence strongly suggests that growing up without two biological parents in the home increases children's risk of a variety of cognitive, emotional, and social problems.
Although a diagnosis can not be made until the age of 18, there are definite signs that someone you may know has
Antisocial Personality Disorder or might develop it in
adulthood.
If left untreated, the child may go on to develop
Antisocial Personality Disorder in
adulthood, so early intervention is important.
Oppositional defiant disorder is also different from
antisocial personality disorder, which is a disorder diagnosed in
adulthood that is characterized by a long - standing pattern of disregard for other people's rights.
When substance use and
antisocial behavior both began in childhood and continued into
adulthood, both a substance use disorder and
antisocial personality disorder should be diagnosed if the criteria for both are met, even though some
antisocial acts may be a consequence of the substance use disorder (e.g., illegal selling of drugs, thefts to obtain money for drugs).
When
antisocial behavior in an adult is associated with a substance use disorder, the diagnosis of
antisocial personality disorder is not made unless the signs of
antisocial personality disorder were also present in childhood and have continued into
adulthood.
In addition, individuals with
antisocial personality disorder may not be as needy of the admiration and envy of others, and persons with narcissistic
personality disorder usually lack the history of conduct disorder in childhood or criminal behavior in
adulthood.
Conduct disorder, if continuing into
adulthood, may be diagnosed as
antisocial personality disorder (dissocial
personality disorder in the ICD).
The essential feature of
antisocial personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into
adulthood.
This study examined the development of
antisocial personality problems (APP) in young
adulthood from disruptive behaviors and internalizing problems in childhood and adolescence.
The findings suggest that to prevent the development of
antisocial personality problems in
adulthood, particular attention should be given to preventing the emergence of, first, ODD symptoms, and second, CD symptoms.
Conceptual model linking disruptive behavior problems and co-occurring problems in childhood and adolescence with
antisocial personality disorder (APD) in young
adulthood (adapted from Loeber et al. 2000).
This study examined a theoretical model (Loeber et al. 2000) linking behavioral and emotional problems in childhood and adolescence with
antisocial personality problems in early
adulthood.
Early conduct problems are key precursors of persistent AB and thus also predictive for ODD, CD and
antisocial personality disorder in
adulthood [7].
«Developmental Epidemiological Courses Leading to
Antisocial Personality Disorder and Violent and Criminal Behavior: Effects of Young
Adulthood of a Universal Preventive Intervention in First and Second Grade Classrooms.»
Attention and behavior problems in early childhood have been associated with higher rates of oppositional / defiant behavior, conduct problems,
personality disorder, depression,
antisocial lifestyles and suicide attempts in adolescence and
adulthood [4]--[7].
Prenatal exposure to wartime famine and development of
antisocial personality disorder in early
adulthood