Sentences with phrase «exhibited significant behavior problems»

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[W] e are increasingly enmeshed in incompetent systems — that is, systems that exhibit pathological behavior but can't fix themselves -LRB-...) because solving the problem would require coordinated action by significant components of the system, but engaging in such action is not in the short - term interest of any individual component -LRB-...).

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