Ch 6

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Adolescent-Limited Path (AL Path)

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A developmental pathway to antisocial behavior - Antisocial behavior begins around puberty, continues through adolescents, and stops in young adulthood

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Adolescent-Onset

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Specific type of conduct disorder where the characteristics are not displayed prior to age 10

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Antisocial Behavior (ASB)

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Age inappropriate actions and attitudes that violate family expectations, societal norms, and the personal or property rights of others

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Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD)

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Adult disorder - Pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others & engagement in illegal behaviors

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Childhood-Onset

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Child displays at least 1 characteristic of the disorder prior to age 10

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Coercion Theory

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Coercive parent-child interactions serve as the training ground for the development of antisocial behavior - 4-Step escape-conditioning sequence teaches child to use increasingly intense forms of noxious behavior to escape & avoid unwanted parental demands

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Conduct Disorder

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Disruptive behavior disorder in which the child exhibits an early, persistent, & extreme pattern of aggressive & antisocial acts that involve the infliction of pain on others of interference with others rights through physical & verbal aggression (stealing, vandalism, truancy, or running away)

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Destructive-Nondestructive Dimension

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Dimension of antisocial behavior continuum ranging from acts such as cruelty to animals or destruction of property at one end, to nondestructive behavior such as arguing or irritability at the other end

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Disruptive Behavior Disorder

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DSM category for persistent patterns of antisocial behavior that includes oppositional defiant disorder & conduct d/o

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Externalizing Behavior

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Mix of impulsive, overactive, aggressive, & delinquent acts

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Hostile Attributional Bias

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Tendency of aggressive children to attribute negative intent to others, especially when intentions are unclear

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Life-Course Persistent (LCP) Path

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Child engages in antisocial behavior at an early age & continues to do so into adulthood

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Multisystemic Treatment

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Attempts to address the multiple determinants of problematic behavior by involving family members, school, peers... & by drawing on multiple treatment techniques

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

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Least severe form of disruptive behavior disorder - Children show age-inappropriate & persistent patterns of irritable, hostile, oppositional & defiant behavior

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Overt-Covert Dimension

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Continuum of antisocial behavior ranging from overt forms such as physical aggression to covert forms such as hidden sneaky acts

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Problem-Solving Skills Training

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Aimed at the cognitive deficiencies & distortions displayed by children & adolescents who experience conduct problems in interpersonal situations

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Reciprocal Influence

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Theory that the childs behavior is both influenced by & itself influences the behavior of other family memebers