Sentences with phrase «risk of aggressive behaviour»

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The highest risk group of cats are unneutered males, as their aggressive territorial behaviour leads to many battles with other unneutered males, resulting in deep infected bite wounds.

The city will now be able to seize a dog that is considered at risk, force an owner to have their dog treated through various forms of training to curb aggressive behaviour, or in worst case scenarios order a dog be euthanized.

This needs - based exploration of aggressive behaviour in a middle school has highlighted a number of important issues that need to be taken into consideration in efforts to construct a pathway to a healthier school environment in which students can explore risk - taking in learning, experience social interdependence, and, hopefully, meet their developmental needs for belonging, autonomy, and competence.

For example, a child who experiences maltreatment may develop primary emotional responses such as anxiety or fear.5 Ever vigilant for signs of threat, the child may display aggressive or submissive behaviours as a means of self - protection, and such behaviours may place the child at risk for future status as a bully or victim.

They are also at heighten risk of developing internalizing (e.g., depression) and externalizing (e.g., aggressive behaviour) problem behaviours in comparison to children of non depressed mothers.

Exemplary discoveries Our findings show that aggressive dispositions were moderately stable from kindergarten to grade 6 (e.g.,.56), whereas anxious - withdrawn behaviour was not stable until grades 2 -LRB-.36) and 3 -LRB-.51).3, 4 The percentages of children in a community sample (n = 2775) that could be classified into distinct risk groups were: 15 % aggressive; 12 % anxious - withdrawn, and 8.5 % aggressive - withdrawn (comorbid).5 Predictive analyses showed that aggressive children who exceeded a risk criterion in kindergarten exhibited increases in psychological and school maladjustment two years later.6 Anxious - withdrawn dispositions predicted early and later increases in internalizing problems.5 Overall, the findings corroborate the premise that aggression and anxious - withdrawal are risks for later maladjustment.

Children with early - onset conduct problems (CPs) are at high risk for chronic antisocial and aggressive behaviour, and a variety of social and mental health problems in adolescence and adulthood (e.g. delinquency, psychiatric disorders, substance use, school dropout; Fergusson et al. 2005; Kratzer and Hodgins 1997).

Finally, in a recent issue of «The Psychologist» which is devoted to the topic of aggressive and violent behaviour, Sanders and Morawska have concluded that it is the quality of parenting which is the strongest, potentially modifiable risk factor contributing to early - onset conduct problems.

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.

Effective daycare - kindergarten interventions must target the known active risk mechanisms that contribute to the maintenance of aggressive behaviour, especially addressing children's self - regulatory behaviours and parents» behaviours.

At the child level, temperamental features evident in infancy and toddlerhood such as irritability, restlessness, irregular patterns of behaviour, lack of persistence and low adaptability increase the risk of behaviour problems7, 8,9 as do certain genetic and neurobiological traits.10, 11 At the family level, parenting practices including punitive discipline, inconsistency, low warmth and involvement, and physical aggression have been found to contribute to the development of young children's aggressive behaviour.12 Children who are exposed to high levels of discord within the home and whose parents have mental health and / or substance abuse issues are also at heightened risk.13 Other important correlates of aggression in children that can contribute to chronic aggression include faulty social - cognitive processes and peer rejection.14

24 of the effective programmes showed significant improvements in problem behaviours, including drug and alcohol use, school misbehaviour, aggressive behaviour, violence, truancy, high - risk sexual behaviour and smoking