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Anti-social behaviours, sometimes called dissocial behaviours, are actions which are considered to violate the rights of or otherwise harm others by committing crime or nuisance, such as stealing and physical attack or noncriminal behaviours such as lying and manipulation. [1]
Conduct disorder (CD) is a mental disorder diagnosed in childhood or adolescence that presents itself through a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior that includes theft, lies, physical violence that may lead to destruction, and reckless breaking of rules, [2] in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate norms are violated.
Maltreatment and parenting play a role in the development of antisocial behavior, and studies have been shown to prove this. While callous unemotional traits are rooted in genetics, environmental triggers are an important contributing factor for the development of antisocial behaviour in children with the genetic propensity. [15]
12 Behaviors Child Psychologists Are Begging Parents and Grandparents to Never Ignore 1. Hitting/Physical Aggression “If a child’s behavior is putting someone at risk of getting hurt, or ...
The triad links cruelty to animals, obsession with fire-setting, and persistent bedwetting past the age of five, to violent behaviors, particularly homicidal behavior and sexually predatory behavior. [5] Further studies have suggested that these behaviors are actually more linked to childhood experience of parental neglect, brutality, or abuse.
Aggression and antisocial behavior in a child is a predictor of adult antisocial behavior. [6] Some 'difficult' children exhibit behavioral problems due to neurological dysfunctions. One study looked specifically at neurological damage and infant behavior in 66 low-birth-weight infants from intact middle-class families.
Anti-social behaviors will also develop in children when imitation is reinforced by social approval. If approval is not given by teachers or parents, it can often be given by peers. An example of this is swearing. Imitating a parent, brother, peer, or a character on TV, a child may engage in the anti-social behavior of swearing.
Child psychopathology can cause separation anxiety from parents, [14] attention deficit disorders in children, [15] sleep disorders in children, [16] aggression with both peers and adults, [17] night terrors, [18] extreme anxiety, [19] anti social behavior, [20] depression symptoms, [21] aloof attitude, [22] sensitive emotions, [23] and ...