Sentences with phrase «behavior than girls»

Child gender and child health status at birth were included as part of the analytic design because boys have been shown to have higher rates of aggressive behavior than girls and cultural norms are thought to influence the expectations for maturity and limits of acceptable behavior (Campbell, 2002).

Among the findings, the author affirms that one of the determinant factors for the child behavior is the gender, for the data show boys to have a higher tendency for antisocial behavior than girls do, data also show children that present a greater number of peers show more prosocial behaviors.

One study found that girls placed in gender - specific Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) have lower levels of delinquent behavior than girls who receive group care when evaluated two years later.107 Although these findings are similar to those for males who receive MTFC, the study could not determine whether the gender - specific modifications made to the MTFC influenced the intervention effectiveness.

And they are more accepting of bullying behavior than girls.

Even as an infant, boys will have a tendency to display subtly more aggressive behavior than girls.

Boys in the study were somewhat more likely to report this behavior than girls; those who identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual were three times more likely to report this behavior; those who were bullied at school were four to five times more likely, and those bullied online (by others) were seven to twelve times more likely.

Results indicated that boys reported significantly more direct and indirect bullying behaviors than girls, and higher victimization.

Not exact matches

girls who are obese (or overweight, in the case of protein use) had significantly higher odds of reporting these behaviors than those of average weight; and

The use of muscle - enhancing behaviors among middle and high school boys and girls - including such unhealthy behaviors as using protein powders or shakes, steroids, and other muscle - enhancing substances - is substantially higher than previously reported, a new study finds.1

It encouraged young girls to model healthy mothering behavior (rather than purchasing the scantily clad dolls which many girls have been shown to prefer as a result of the a fore mentioned sexualization issues and modeling unhealthy sexual behavior).

A girl is so different than raising a boy and each child comes with their own behaviors and personality too.

In a study that was done in 2001, titled Factors associated with Toilet Training in the 1990s done by Dr. R. Schum et al, AND another study done in 2003 titled Relationship between age at initiation of toilet training and duration of training: a prospective study by Blum NJ, Taubman B & Nemeth N show that while boys and girls often show readiness signals / behavior at similar ages, it has been shown that girls begin and complete potty training earlier than boys!

These skills and behaviors come together at the different ages depending on the child, but it's rarely before the age of 18 months, and — yes, it's true — boys often train later than girls.

Shame - based parenting behaviors may be subtle, hidden in seemingly innocent messages meant to encourage cooperation from our children, like «You should know better than that,» «Nice girls don't do that,» «Good boys do this,» or «You already had enough; you shouldn't want more.»

So sometimes, even without realizing it, we demand and praise empathetic behavior less often in boys than in girls.

«Because girls are more likely to come to emergency departments with suicide - related behaviors than boys, they may actually reduce their suicide risk by interacting with the system more frequently,» said Dr. Rhodes.

A study of the relationship between binge drinking and eating problems among Russian adolescents has found that problematic eating behaviors and attitudes are commonplace, and that binge drinking is associated with more eating problems in girls than boys.

Using the Internet to meet strangers is a more common online behavior for teenage girls than most would expect, according to... (read more)

A darkly comedic attack on the cozy pieties present in most teen flicks, Heathers — an even more wickedly canted take - down of adolescent social cliques than its most recent descendant, Mean Girls — assayed popularity, teen suicide and downright sociopathic behavior with equal, cold - water - to - the - face irreverence.

The new research is finding that autistic girls may display fewer repetitive behaviors than boys and tend to be more social, verbal, and engaged.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics as a «condition of the brain that makes it difficult for children to control their behavior,» affects an estimated 4 to 12 percent of all school - age children — about three times more boys than girls.

This type of behavior begins to emerge as early as the preschool years and is more common among girls than boys.95

Regardless of whether increased arrest rates represent a true increase in violent behavior among female adolescents compared with males or a policy shift toward arrest rather than alternative treatment of violent females, it is indisputable that the juvenile justice system is handling a rapidly growing share of girls.

The group of girls having parents working away from home also reported a higher score of prosocial behavior than those of boy group with the average score of 7.36 and 6.91, respectively, t (448) = 2.527, p = 0.01).

Two studies have identified groups of girls exhibiting chronically high levels of antisocial behavior across childhood and early adolescence and having an increased risk for continued antisocial behavior.60 In addition, Odgers and several colleagues found that 7.5 percent of all girls between the ages of seven and fifteen displayed an early - onset of offending that persisted into adolescence and that this pattern was similar to boys of the same age.61 Other studies suggest that although strongly aggressive behavior in girls before the age of seven is rare, continuity of offending for such girls may be stronger than that among comparable boys and that such early problem behavior in girls should be considered a significant warning sign of potential future problems.62

Though there are numerous putative risk factors, many of which overlap, certain of them are particularly salient or even unique to females.65 In addition, some analysts have noted an apparent «gender paradox»: despite the lower prevalence of exposure to risk factors among females in general, those girls who are clinically referred show more severe behavior problems than boys.66

More than previous generations, today's teen girls face a daunting range of stressors that put them at risk for a range of serious issues, including self - harming behaviors, substance abuse, eating disorders, anxiety, and depression.

Additional filtering out of all but the most visibly troubled girls by police and judges could understandably result in a population of detained females with significantly higher levels of disturbance than their male counterparts (who need not be as «troubled» to engage in illegal behavior and who need not appear as «troublesome» to be detained).

Age of Onset Some studies indicate that both boys and girls tend to begin their antisocial careers around the age of fifteen, with the average age of onset differing by no more than six months across genders.44 Other research, however, finds that females begin offending when they are younger than males are.45 Notably, gender differences in the age of onset tend to be most pronounced for serious or aggressive types of delinquency, while less serious problem behaviors, such as drug and alcohol - related offenses, have less gender - differentiated progressions.46

For example, although the typical disruptive behaviors of preschool boys and girls differ little, these behaviors evolve over time in strongly gender - dependent ways, with girls outgrowing such behavior more quickly than boys.49 Starting in middle childhood, further differences emerge.

Females who exhibit early - onset (by age seven) persistent offending are more likely than other girls to engage in antisocial behavior at age thirty - two.30 For example, 75 percent of these early - onset persistent female offenders had, by age thirty - two, engaged in one or more violent acts, including violence toward partners (44.8 percent) and children (41.7 percent).

More disruptive girls tend to show less empathy than girls without behavior problems, and this deficit is greater among females than among males.95 It may be that lower levels of empathy pose a greater risk for girls than for boys because empathy strengthens the ability to foster the strong attachments and relationships that girls value more highly than boys do.96

A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.

Again, girls who did not recover had higher reports of other symptoms during adolescence, both more internalizing and externalizing behaviors, even though during adolescence they did not report more depressive symptoms than the girls who bounced back.

Some observers have argued that female offenders can, in theory, be either adolescent - limited or life - course - persistent and that the relative scarcity of early - onset aggression in females indicates that they are generally less likely to follow the latter pathway.56 Others, however, have argued that the relative prevalence of adolescent - onset aggression in girls (compared with childhood - onset) indicates that persistent delinquency simply manifests at a later age in girls than it does in boys.57 In Persephanie Silverthorn and Paul Frick's model, girls and boys are influenced by similar risk factors during childhood, but the onset of delinquent behavior in girls is delayed by the more stringent social controls imposed on them before adolescence.

When husbands are belligerent and wives are angry, higher levels of internalizing behaviors (distress, shame, and self - blame) are found in girls than boys.

Conclusions and Relevance Sexual communication with parents, particularly mothers, plays a small protective role in safer sex behavior among adolescents; this protective effect is more pronounced for girls than boys.

Sexual communication with parents, particularly mothers, plays a small protective role in safer sex behavior among adolescents; this protective effect is more pronounced for girls than boys.

Boys in institutional care showed more internalizing behavior problems than girls in institutional care.

Although aggressive behaviors were significantly reduced for girls and boys in both the experimental and control groups, experimental group girls assessed themselves to be significantly more aggressive than control group girls.

To clarify this relationship, we tested the following hypotheses in a population - based study: (1) children with ADHD have a higher risk of developing depression than children without ADHD; (2) the pathway from ADHD to depression is mediated (partly) through anxiety and disruptive behavior disorders; and (3) mediation through anxiety is more prevalent in girls, and mediation through disruptive behavior disorders is more prevalent in boys.

Hence, apart from the two above associations which were somewhat stronger for females than for males, the paths to APP in young adulthood from disruptive behavior problems in early childhood and internalizing problems as well as substance use in adolescence were the same for boys and girls.

A stronger association between physical aggressive behaviors and depressive symptoms was observed in girls than in boys.

In addition, girls who present both depressive symptoms and aggressive behaviors are substantially more impaired than their male counterparts [2 — 4].

Cross-gender behavior carries a greater social stigma for boys than girls; girls with gender identity disorder experience less overall social rejection, at least until adolescence.

We also expected that parental encouragement would influence PA behavior of girls to a greater extent than boys, especially among same sex parent and child [26].

Gender also influenced self - reported physically aggressive behavior across waves, with boys (M = 2.14, SD =.76) showing more physical aggression than girls (M = 1.61, SD =.62), t (536) = 7.62, p <.001.

Research on aggressive behavior in children and adolescents originally addressed direct, physical forms of aggression, documenting that these were more common among boys than among girls (e.g., Hyde [1984]-RRB-.

Despite the fact that previous studies have consistently shown that girls are much less likely to play violent games than boys (e.g., Gentile et al. 2004; Möller and Krahé 2009), these studies also showed that if girls played violent games, the effects on aggressive behavior were not different from the effects on boys.

Insecure attachment was more strongly linked to externalizing behavior in samples with boys than in samples with girls (Fearon et al. 2010).