Sentences with phrase «related behavior problems»

Through ACT, parents and primary caregivers of children ages 0 - 8 years attend groups designed to prevent child maltreatment; build positive, nonviolent parenting skills; and prevent or reduce children's aggression and related behavior problems.

Hormone related behavior problems such as marking territory, not using the litterbox or aggressive tendencies will usually improve after Bunny has been spayed or neutered.

This is particularly important if you have more than one cat; the extra space can help to prevent stress - related behavior problems such as fighting or inappropriate elimination.

If your shelter becomes overcrowded, the animals run an increased risk of developing health problems and stress - related behavior problems.

The best way to prevent shelter - related behavior problems is to prevent animals from being relinquished in the first place.

Fluoxetine and sertraline have been used successfully to treat a number of anxiety - related behavior problems such as separation anxiety and fear of people, other animals or other things that the dog may encounter daily.

Pet owners have long been frustrated by age - related behavior problems involving loss of house - training, apparent memory loss or disorientation, sleep disturbances (either waking at the wrong time or sleeping unusually deeply) and loss of interest in social activities with the family.

Neutering a male dog before puberty helps prevent testosterone - related behavior problems, such as hiking the leg in the house, mounting behavior, aggression and inappropriate protectiveness.

Phobias and other anxiety - related behavior problems your dog already has may be intensified if she is experiencing cognitive dysfunction.

Your veterinarian will ask questions about the presence of other co-morbid behavior problems that can be helpful because animals with fear or anxiety related behavior problems usually have more than just one.

The combination of the three active ingredients in Composure Bite - Sized Chews work together to help alleviate stress - related behavior problems.

Helps alleviate anxiety, hyperactivity, and stress - related behavior problems without affecting your pet's personality or activity level (in other words, your cat or dog won't be «zoned out»)

Pets tend to have fewer aggression - related behavior problems after being surgically sterilized.

Calming for Dogs is a soft chew formulated to help alleviate stress related behavior problems without affecting your dog's personality or energy level.

- House soiling or house training problems - Litter box refusal or rejection - Destructiveness - Aggressiveness toward people, including children - Aggressive conflicts between housemates - Nipping and unruly puppies or kittens - Difficulties introducing new pets - Separation anxiety syndrome - Fears and phobias - Compulsive behaviors - Seizure - related behavior problems - Geriatric behavior problems in aging cats and dogs

During this time, he / she will also become sexually mature, so this is a great time to get your puppy spayed or neutered... before related behavior problems manifest!

This super-bonding also causes tremendous stress (and stress - related behavior problems) on those occasions when the dogs do have to be separated - and sooner or later, something will come up that requires them to be separated: one goes to training class and the other doesn't, you want to walk one but not both, or a health - related problem requires one to be hospitalized or otherwise kept separate.

Taking regular outdoor walks can keep cats healthy and reduce boredom - related behavior problems.

Fits necks up to 14.7 inches Lasts up to 4 weeks Uses: Helps reduce stress in challenging situations (louds noises, boarding, travelling and new surroundings) Promotes learning and improves adaptation to modern lifestyle, helping prevent potential stress - related behavior problems in adulthood.

Other food - related behavior problems are less serious.

She added that studies «suggest that 28 percent of pet cats aged 11 to 14 years develop at least one old - age - related behavior problem, and this increases to more than 50 percent for cats over the age of 15.»

Not exact matches

To advocate self - help, to argue that affirmative action can not be a long - run solution to the problem of racial inequality, to suggest that some of what is transpiring in black communities reflects a spiritual malaise, to note that fundamental change will require that individual lives be transformed in ways that governments are ill - suited to do, to urge that we must look to how black men and women are relating to each other, how parents are bringing up their children, that we have to ask ourselves what values inform the behavior of our youth» to do these things is not to take a partisan position, or vent some neoconservative ideological screed.

The most comprehensive child care study conducted to date to determine how variations in child care are related to children's development, supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), found that the more hours children spend in child care, the higher the incidence of problem behavior and the greater its severity.

• A study that followed a large group of U.S. children over 10 years, found that although mothers» depression was related to escalating child behavior problems, this was not the case among children who said their fathers were highly involved in their lives (Chang et al, 2007).

Self - discipline not only relates strongly to school grades but also to positive school - related behaviors and the avoidance of problem behaviors like substance use.

Wood Creek Academy for boys is committed to improving the lives of individuals by providing a therapeutic program dedicated to helping troubled teens and their families recover from the destructive effects of behavior - related problems.

The problem may be something health - related, such as a cold or an ear infection, or something rooted in your toddler's behavior...

Sometimes an undiagnosed learning or behavior disorder is behind the frustration and anger, or sometimes the problem is related to family or emotional difficulties.

Children with autism and related conditions may have delayed speech or other problems with communication, but poor social interactions and limited or restricted interests or patterns of behavior are also hallmarks of the disorder.

She supervises and provides weekly and intensive treatment programs for children with early anxiety and / or behavior problems, and directs specialty programs for youth with selective mutism, obsessive - compulsive disorder, or other anxiety - related problems.

«While it is clear that college women who drink more are more likely than men to engage in bulimic - type behaviors, and with greater frequency, and to experience more alcohol - related problems as a result of these behaviors, there were no gender differences for engaging in drunkorexia to increase the effects of alcohol or engaging in bulimic - type behaviors to compensate for alcohol - related calories.

Participants» parents completed an assessment of their children's behavior when the children were either 5 or 7 years old, reporting on behaviors related to anxiety, conduct problems, and hyperactivity.

«Although teen dating violence is typically viewed as a problem related specifically to adolescent development, our findings indicate that the risk for aggressive behavior and involvement in dating violence are related to stressors experienced much earlier in life,» says Jennifer A. Livingston, PhD, senior research scientist at RIA and lead author of the study.

Mr Coussens says for some years, clinicians had thought that behavior problems seen in children with sleep - related breathing problems — like sleep apnea (stopping breathing briefly while sleeping)-- were related to a desaturation of blood oxygen levels.

Relational victimization, experienced by boys and girls at similar levels, was related to higher levels of relational aggression and internalizing problems such as symptoms of depression and of anxiety, as well as lower levels of received prosocial behavior like peer support and help (called prosocial support).

«Substance - related problems such as binge drinking, driving under the influence of alcohol, and risky sexual behavior are more important than others due to their association with reckless driving, automobile accidents, physical injuries and even death, as well as risk for sexually transmitted disease and unplanned pregnancy.»

The purpose of this study was to examine whether sleep difficulties and hours of sleep prospectively predicted several serious substance - related problems that included binge drinking, driving under the influence of alcohol, and risky sexual behavior.»

This study also goes above and beyond prior research as it shows that gambling youth are not only at risk of gambling problems, which are associated with numerous adverse interpersonal, financial, criminal, and psychiatric consequences, but also at risk for sex - related behaviors such as adolescent pregnancy / impregnation.»

It found that fathers» symptoms of depression were related to harsh, over-reactive parenting, but not to children's subsequent behavior problems.

The study showed that these brain abnormalities contribute in part to difficulty with inhibitory control — the ability to regulate self - control over temptations and impulsive behavior — which is related to mental health problems such as addictive behavior and attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder.

Jacobson will study the effects of individuals, family, peers and neighborhood on adolescent problem behavior — particularly looking at how those factors relate to the variations in problem behavior from one adolescent to the next.

Interestingly, it has been reported that mice with a mutation in Kap1 were obese and had behavioral problems, and the lower expression of Kap1 that we have found in the blastocysts produced by IVC could also be related to the behavior problem reported in mice generated by IVC [43].

In patients with substance - use problems, we see low levels of dopamine and certain dopamine receptors in the striatum, a brain region known to influence reward - related behaviors.

«Although teen dating violence is typically viewed as a problem related specifically to adolescent development, our findings indicate that the risk for aggressive behavior and involvement in dating violence are related to stressors experienced much earlier in life,» said study author Jennifer Livingston.

Exposure to food and food components, including artificial food colors and preservatives, may be associated with adverse behaviors, not necessarily related to hyperactivity, in certain susceptible children with ADHD and other problem behaviors, and possibly in susceptible children from the general population.

The theoretical framework for the two active interventions was based on social cognitive theory and incorporated behavioral self - management approaches designed to help participants set weight - related goals, self - monitor weight and weight - related behaviors (exercise and reduced calorie intake), increase self - efficacy and social support, and solve problems.

The problem, however, when looking at simple correlations between social media use and STDs is that they fail to control for many other socioeconomic variables that can be related to sexual behavior and an increased risk of contracting an STD.

They do maintain that «to reduce sexual risk behaviors and related health problems among youth, schools and other youth - serving organizations can help young people adopt lifelong attitudes and behaviors that support their health and well - being.»

Behavior problems in 3 - year - olds, such as aggression and hyperactivity, may be related to mental health, substance abuse, and other difficulties their mothers experienced within a year of giving birth, according to a study in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.

After students have shared problems and solutions related to bullying, have each group write a contract for acceptable classroom behavior.