Not exact matches
The symptoms must have
appeared before the
child is seven and have continued for more than six months, and similar to childhood bipolar symptoms, must be present in a range of situations and be
disruptive to the
child's education and enjoyment of family and society.
«Our findings may be considered somewhat controversial because they
appear to support the use of two drugs over one for treating
children with aggression and
disruptive behavior when things do not seem to be going well.
At baseline, behavioral signs of stress reactivity in
children's peer entry behavior were significantly associated with parent ratings of
child internalizing behavior (r = 0.37, P <.001),
child dysregulation (r = 0.30, P =.004), and 2 different indices of
disruptive behavior during parent -
child play interactions (r = 0.45, P <.001; r = 0.35, P =.008).40 The peer entry procedure
appears to be stressful in general and to elicit more signs of stress in
children with mental health problems.
Various factors
appear to compromise the development of supportive father -
child relations among couple families, including a high level of family socio - economic disadvantage, adverse family events, an unsupportive partner relationship, a more
disruptive or less cohesive family climate, and the presence of a non biological father figure rather than the biological father.
«For other
children, school may be the only structure in their lives, and if they
appear to be
disruptive and unruly, the correct interventions can make a huge difference to their lives,» he said.
Longitudinal research indicates that young
children who develop
disruptive behaviour problems are at an elevated risk for a host of negative outcomes including chronic aggression and conduct problems, substance abuse, poor emotion regulation, school failure, peer problems and delinquency.4, 5 Early -
appearing externalizing behaviours can disrupt relationships with parents and peers, initiating processes that can maintain or exacerbate
children's behavioural problems.6 Therefore, very early intervention (e.g., in day care, preschool, or kindergarten) can be important in interrupting the potential path to chronic aggression in
children who display aggressive behaviour or who are at risk for developing aggressive behaviour.