Data were extracted on effectiveness of treatment for
reducing antisocial behaviour.
Programmes to improve parenting are effective in
reducing antisocial behaviour in children under 10; adolescents are far harder to treat
One psychopathy intervention that has previously indicated success in
reducing antisocial behaviour and criminal activity is the decompression model.
A preventative intervention for disruptive young boys may reduce adult criminality by
reducing antisocial behaviour in adolescence
Vitamin and fatty acid supplements may
reduce antisocial behaviour in incarcerated young adults
Gesch B, Hammond S, Hampson S et al.Influence of supplementary vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids on the antisocial behaviour of young adult prisoners.Brit J Psychiatry2002 July; 181:22 — 8OpenUrlAbstract / FREE Full Text QUESTION: Do vitamin, mineral and fatty acid supplements
reduce antisocial behaviour among young adults in prison?
What this study adds An evidence based intervention is available for use in regular clinical practice that effectively
reduces antisocial behaviour in referred children
Not exact matches
This involves a renewed emphasis against
antisocial behaviour and «keeping frontline police on the streets», despite spending cuts of 20 % at the Home Office forcing police forces to
reduce headcounts.
In South Ayrshire we are working in partnership with local communities and agencies to
reduce substance misuse, improve road safety, promote safety in the home, and tackle the effects of
antisocial behaviour on the health of local people.
David Armstrong continued: «Identifying two indicators - emotional intelligence and social skills - and mapping these to the Achieving Schools Theory of Change, is an important first step in measuring the longer term outcomes of the programme, such as
reduced risk of
antisocial behaviour and spending time in prison and
reduced risk of mental ill - health and long - term illness.
Antisocial behaviour: does a preventative intervention
reduce cortisol levels in response to a social challenge?
Indeed, these social
behaviours not only promote social cognition but also teach children how to positively interact with their peers while
reducing the likelihood that their social and cognitive understanding will lead to
antisocial behaviours (e.g., teasing, bullying, and lying).
Intention to treat analysis
reduced the effect size by 16 % on the primary outcome measure (
antisocial behaviour) and by − 6 % to 36 % (mean 22 %) on the secondary measures.
If the 31 children lost to follow up were included in an intention to treat analysis the effect size on
antisocial behaviour was
reduced by 16 %.
They show promise as a cost effective way to
reduce the personal and economic burden of
antisocial behaviour in children and to prevent criminality and social exclusion.
Conclusions: Parenting groups effectively
reduce serious
antisocial behaviour in children in real life conditions.
Other studies uncovered in WAVE's research programme have shown early child maltreatment contributes to poor educational attainment,
reduced career prospects, lack of wealth generation,
antisocial behaviour and violence.
Gray and McCormick15 cite as examples
reduced criminal /
antisocial behaviour emerging long term in the Nurse Home Visiting Programme, High Scope / Perry Preschool Study and Chicago Child Parent Centre Programme.
London education and inclusion project (LEIP): results from a cluster - randomized controlled trial of an intervention to
reduce school exclusion and
antisocial behaviour
First, they point to
reduced vicarious activity in regions involved in performing actions, feeling touch and experiencing emotions, that are considered functional markers of empathy, as a possible neural basis for the
reduced empathy and
antisocial behaviour, central to psychopathy (Hare et al., 2001; Hare, 2003; Blair et al., 2006; Hare and Neumann, 2009).
Adults with heightened levels of aggression and
antisocial behaviour have been shown to have a
reduced reaction to fenfluramine challenge (a test of serotonin function in the hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal axis) in comparison with healthy controls [26], [27].
Parenting groups can
reduce serious child
antisocial behaviour effectively in the longer term.
Furthermore, the high heritability of CU traits and their association with more chronic and serious aggression and
antisocial behaviour problems make them a strong candidate for the driving force behind the familial transmission of aggressive
behaviour that Halperin et al. [38] argue is mediated, in part, by
reduced central serotonin function.
In psychopathy,
reduced somatosensory, insula and anterior cingulate vicarious activations could disinhibit
antisocial behaviour.
All school programme intervention strategies (e.g. informational, cognitive / affective and social skills building) and programme foci (e.g. disruptive or
antisocial behaviour, bullying, dating violence) similarly were associated with
reduced violent
behaviour