The Zero To Three Major Factors In Children

The third factor is the predisposing parent characteristic in which immaturity, inexperience, impulsiveness, inattentiveness, depression, hostility, rejection, or otherwise negatively temperamental parents are also more likely to have defiant and aggressive children. ODD children, especially those with simultaneous ADHD, are also more likely to have parents with psychiatric disorders, especially ADHD, depression, and antisocial personality disorder, than are children without these disorders (Barkely). The fourth and final factor is the predisposing context of the social and family environment. This includes parental marital status, parental disagreement over child-rearing, family social adversity such as exposure to crime and poverty, family external support and the family’s health (Barkely). These four factors not only play a role in the formation of an oppositional-defiant child, but these factors go hand in hand in effecting each other. The reciprocal interplay of all these factors represent the extensive network of influences in this surprisingly complex disorder. …show more content…
They simply do not understand rules and are acting on their impulses, so simple redirection is the best tactic at this stage (Parlakian and Lerner). For children 18 to 36 months, there is a progression in the eagerness to make their own choices. For example, if you ask them to eat their vegetables and they refuse, they are exhibiting defiance because they are understanding that they have their own thoughts and feelings which may be different from other’s thoughts and feelings (Parlakian and Lerner). This developmental time period of toddlerhood is representative of the child beginning to understand the he or she is separate from you and can exhibit some control over his or her world (Parlakian and