Higher family dysfunction scores were associated with increased levels of callous - unemotional (CU) traits in the children pre-treatment.
The high family dysfunction and coercive parenting risks at 5 months of age each were significant, with both increasing the OR of membership in the high - aggression group by approximately a factor of 2.
High family dysfunction was identified by a FAD - GF score > 2.17 (Byles, Byrne, Boyle, & Oxford, 1988).
Not exact matches
To be certain that adoptees at
high - genetic risk did not have an effect on their
families as to increase
dysfunction, the proportion of the
families» levels of
dysfunction between the low - genetic risk and
high - genetic risk adoptee
families were compared, and there were no significant differences found.
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The
highest level is for parents of children with concurrent child behaviour problems and
family dysfunction such as relationship conflict.
However, despite evidence of
high risk of
family dysfunction in
families of depressed children, few approaches to the treatment of depression that involve the
family have been developed for young children.
Hence, the current analyses use ten 5 - point rating scales (ranging from «very low» to «very
high») to compute a latent factor labelled representation of
family dysfunction, where
higher scores signal
higher levels of
dysfunction.
The standardized regression coefficients revealed that an improvement in
family dysfunction scores was significantly related to outcome for the
high CU traits group (β = −.42) but not the low CU group (β =.04).
Parents who divorced by 1998 reported lower levels of marital satisfaction, and
higher levels of depression and
family dysfunction when first interviewed in 1994.
Although overall the sample showed improvement on representations of
family dysfunction over time, analyses revealed that this effect was largely driven by the
high CU traits group, while the low CU group remained relatively stable.
Another possibility is that the
higher - than - normal levels of distress and
dysfunction found among
families of children with ID are the product of disablism, rather than any characteristic of the child.
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Societal concern about antisocial behaviours of children and adolescents has increased over the years, in part due to the enormous financial costs of youth crime.1 Conduct problems (especially among boys) are the most frequent childhood behavioural problems to be referred to mental health professionals.2 Aggressive and disruptive behaviour is one of the most enduring
dysfunctions in children and, if left untreated, frequently results in
high personal and emotional costs to children, their
families and to society in general.
Higher scores indicate greater
family dysfunction.