Sentences with phrase «aggressive behaviour by»

Detailed and thorough cross-examination of the complainant by defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger focused on instances of past aggressive behaviour by the complainant including previously biting the client and implausible and exaggerated aspects of her evidence.

In our experience, aggressive behaviour by legal counsel to try to «manage» a client in these cases is counterproductive and can simply lead to the client trying to find another lawyer.

Salmond had previously been criticised for failing to challenge the overly - aggressive behaviour by online Scottish nationalists, who are sometimes referred to as «Cyber Nats».

• Although social modeling theory would suggest otherwise, there seems to be no evidence that children are more likely to imitate aggressive behaviour by the same - sex parent: for example, boys model mothers» aggression just as often as fathers» aggression (Davies et al, 2002).

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Behavioural disorders such as those seen by the researchers are characterized by aggressive or antisocial behaviour, high activity levels, and difficulty inhibiting behaviour.

Aggressive behaviour exhibited by socially dominant Tasmanian devils may predispose them to infection with devil facial tumour disease.

Being developmentally vulnerable in the emotional maturity domain may mean children have problems managing aggressive behaviour, are easily distracted, usually not inclined to help others and get upset when left by a parent or carer.

• The council has not supported headteachers faced with aggressive and inappropriate behaviour by governors.

Each dog's behaviour, particularly any aggressive behaviour, can be explained by their efforts to move higher on the ladder, and push other dogs into a lower, subordinate position.

After researching violent media in the US, Ferguson and his team found that laboratory - based studies into the effects of violent games have provided «exposure to brief clips of media, rather than full narrative experiences» and that «the resultant aggressive behaviours are also outside a real - world context in which the aggression appears to be sanctioned by the researchers themselves.»

We see her taking on a variety of robotic creatures, with the concept of normal and corrupted (typified by their red glow and aggressive behaviour) thrown into the mix.

Outcome parameters are aggressive behaviour und comorbid symptoms as well as problem maintaining factors, psychosocial functioning, family burden, self - esteem and treatment satisfaction as rated by clinicians, parents, or teachers.

Indeed, estimating rates of aggression among females and males can be complicated by defining what is considered aggressive behaviour.

Physical aggression in children is most common at the age of two and by the time they start school, most children have learned that getting aggressive when angry is not considered appropriate behaviour.

The meta - analysis by Connor et al puts to rest a long standing assumption that aggressive behaviour is not affected by treatment with stimulants in children with ADHD.

Intermittent explosive disorder is characterised by repeated episodes of aggressive, violent behaviour in which you react completely out of proportion to the situation.

Problems with communication, specifically non-verbal cognitive ability, are a strong predictor of externalising behaviour problems.3 Children with ASD exhibit more severe internalising and externalising behaviours than non-ASD children, as well as a high prevalence of aggressive behaviour.3 These behavioural challenges can often cause caregivers more distress and mental health problems than the core ASD symptoms.4, 5 Increased child behaviour problems and parental (especially maternal) psychological distress compared with children without autism is established early in life — by the time that children are aged 5 years.6 These co-occurring, behaviour problems are of concern in early childhood because of the importance of these early years for longer term child developmental outcomes.7

In contrast, children whose interactions were characterized by aggressive behaviour became more disliked by classmates and had fewer friends.

Eron et al concluded that without early family treatment, aggressive behaviour in children «crystallises» by the age of 8, making future learning and behavioural problems less responsive to treatment and more likely to become chronic.5 Yet recent projections suggest that fewer than 10 % of young children who need treatment for conduct problems ever receive it, 6 and an even smaller percentage receive empirically validated treatments.

Direct observation in the home shows that much aggressive behaviour in children is influenced by the way parents behave towards them.

Taylor et al argue that the important facets of positive parenting are undermined by the presence of certain socioeconomic conditions, in particular that unemployment, low income, and lack of social support is associated with more punitive and coercive discipline, more rejecting, less warm behaviours, and more aggressive parenting strategies affecting the behavioural, educational, and social development of children.

Avoid chastising too heavily for aggressive or inappropriate behaviour — be firm but don't undermine their sense of self by telling them that they are bad.

Targeted or indicated prevention programs seek to identify children with elevated risk for aggressive behaviour and to alter their developmental trajectories by addressing malleable risk factors.

Aggressive behaviour Conflict with peers and / or difficulty making and keeping friends Social withdrawal Tantrums and excessive / intense emotional upsets Low mood or persistent sadness Frequent stomachaches, headaches or other physical complaints School refusal Reduced academic functioning and / or significant upset at school Excessive accommodation by parents Increased family stress

In turn, children, two years after their mothers participated in the program, displayed lower levels of aggressive behaviour as well as better cognitive skills than those whose mothers had not undergone such cognitive retraining.17, 18,19 These findings, then, clearly underline the important role played by parental beliefs in the child - rearing process.

A distorted sense of self and a disruption of the normal development of self has been reported by adolescents with ADHD.25 Furthermore, excessively aggressive and antisocial behaviour may develop, adding further problems (fig 3).

A study by Edwards et al27 examined teenagers with ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), which is defined by the presence of markedly defiant, disobedient, provocative behaviour and by the absence of more severe dissocial or aggressive acts that violate the law or the rights of others.

Furthermore, the high heritability of CU traits and their association with more chronic and serious aggression and antisocial behaviour problems make them a strong candidate for the driving force behind the familial transmission of aggressive behaviour that Halperin et al. [38] argue is mediated, in part, by reduced central serotonin function.

As suggested by Beauchaine [15], an important possible explanation is the presence of co-morbid internalizing disorders in female aggressive behaviour, as post-trauma psychopathology.

The key treatment objectives of CARES are: (a) to enhance attention to critical facial cues signalling distress in child, parents and others, to improve emotion recognition and labelling; (b) improve emotional understanding by linking emotion to context, and by identifying contexts and situations that elicit child anger and frustration; (c) teach prosocial and empathic behaviour through social stories, parent modelling, and role play; (d) increase emotional labelling and prosocial behaviour through positive reinforcement; (e) and increase child's frustration tolerance through modelling, role - playing, and reinforcing child's use of learned cognitive - behavioural strategies to decrease the incidence of aggressive behaviours.

Child behaviour problems mediated parental outcomes, with less adaptation reported by parents of children who displayed aggressive behaviour.