Male hormones may not always be the sole
cause of aggressive behaviour, say American biologists who have studied a species of African fish.
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These include reporting owners who fail to clean up after their animals who may defecate in public places,
cause some sort
of environmental damage, or are
aggressive and exhibit
behaviours like chasing, biting or excessive barking, both within or outside their dwelling.
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Of course, a dog's breed doesn't
cause it to learn
aggressive behaviours, nor does it prevent it.
Even if your dog does not have a history
of attacks or
aggressive behaviour, dogs can still get scared or panic and
cause injury to others.
When investigating possible
causes and origins
of aggressive behaviours through assessment, it is important to understand the child's socio - ecological context.
Assessment therefore becomes imperative, to analyse potential
causes and identify possible paths
of intervention and support for the child exhibiting
aggressive behaviours.
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