Sentences with phrase «other significant behavior problems»

Dogs who are reactive, fearful, aggressive, or have other significant behavior problems, especially around strange dogs, people, or environments

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A growing body of empirical evidence indicates that significant adversity during childhood (e.g., from abuse or neglect, exposure to violence, deep and persistent poverty, and / or the cumulative burdens of racial or ethnic discrimination) can contribute to lifelong problems in learning, behavior, and chronic health impairments such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes cancer, and depression, among many others.

If your pet has a serious behavior problem that puts him, people or other animals at risk, or if he's developed a problem that causes him significant stress, seek an expert with both academic training (either a master's or doctoral degree) and practical experience.

It has been shown to be effective in a significant number of cats with elimination (urination or defecation) disorders such as inappropriate urination, especially urine marking and other behavior problems.

Even when a child or adolescent is well known in a pediatric practice, only 50 % of those with clinically significant behavioral and emotional problems are detected.23 Other investigators have found similarly high failure of detection rates ranging from 14 % to 40 %.22, 24 Surveyed pediatricians, however, overwhelmingly endorse that they should be responsible for identifying children with ADHD, eating disorders, depression, substance abuse, and behavior problems.26

For example, some have found significant differences between children with divorced and continuously married parents even after controlling for personality traits such as depression and antisocial behavior in parents.59 Others have found higher rates of problems among children with single parents, using statistical methods that adjust for unmeasured variables that, in principle, should include parents» personality traits as well as many genetic influences.60 And a few studies have found that the link between parental divorce and children's problems is similar for adopted and biological children — a finding that can not be explained by genetic transmission.61 Another study, based on a large sample of twins, found that growing up in a single - parent family predicted depression in adulthood even with genetic resemblance controlled statistically.62 Although some degree of selection still may be operating, the weight of the evidence strongly suggests that growing up without two biological parents in the home increases children's risk of a variety of cognitive, emotional, and social problems.

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

Researchers, for example, recently subjected parent education programs that use video playback of parent - child interactions to a meta - analysis.72 They found that these programs have a sizable positive effect on parent behavior and a modest but significant effect on children's behavior — no less for children referred to clinics for conduct problems than for children referred from other sources.

However, the association remained significant after controlling for these behaviors as well as a history of psychological problems, use of psychotropic medications, current depressive symptoms, and other covariates.

Children of families who experience divorce have higher rates of depression, anxiety and behavior problems and left untreated may lead to relationship problems later in life and other significant problems in adulthood.

Parent or caregiver of a young child (6 years and under) with serious behavior problems; parents with significant problems / symptoms of their own are referred to other community resources, agencies and providers

The Bowen Family Systems Theory approach to coaching focuses on real world behavior with significant others and the active problem solving skills necessary to change them.

Between ages 7 to 11, disruptive behavior and ADHD symptoms were the most closely related problems, but significant associations were also found with other mental health problems.

Mothers of children with elevated ECBI scores showed no significant differences from other mothers regarding desired or current pediatrician responses to child behavior problems.

Third, while the reported direct effects between maternal depressive symptoms and mother — child interaction behavior were significant and provide further evidence for the complex dynamics underlying the mechanism in the transmission of risk from maternal depressive symptoms to children's mental health problems, many of the effects were small, which might be due to the presence of other contributing factors.