Exam 9: Conduct Problems

 According to the social-selection hypothesis, ____.

 The tendency to attribute negative intent to others, especially when the actual intentions of the other child are unclear, is referred to as ____.

 The siblings of children referred for conduct problems usually ____.

 What role do cognitive deficits and/or distortions play in conduct problems?

 A factor that predicts increased delinquency among girls who attend mixed-gender schools is ____.

 The public health perspective of conduct problems attempts to reduce ____ associated with youth violence.

 Mothers of children with conduct disorder often display ____.

 Children with conduct problems generally show ____ anxiety than those without conduct problems, and children with a callous-unemotional interpersonal style show ____ anxiety.

 This treatment identifies the child's cognitive deficiencies and distortions in social situations and provides instruction, practice, and feedback to teach new ways of handling social situations.

 Psychopathic features are marked by ____.

 MST has been found to reduce long-term rates of criminal behavior for periods as long as ___ years.

 A child with antisocial behavior has an ____.

 Create a scenario between a mother and child that illustrates Patterson's coercion theory.

 The earliest signs of antisocial behavior may be ____.

 In comparison to youth on the life-course-persistent path, those on the adolescent-limited path ____.

 Ineffective parenting has been found to be related to conduct problems in ____.

 Which statement is true regarding the relationship between conduct problems and self-esteem?

 This treatment emphasizes changing children's behavior in the home and in other settings using contingency management techniques.

 Children with comorbid ____ usually escalate to more severe forms of conduct disorder.

 Define conduct problems from the legal, psychological, psychiatric, and public health perspectives.