childhood

Question 1

Moffitt and colleagues have provided a good deal of evidence for two types of conduct disorder. The _______ type is associated with an early age of onset and continued problems into adolescence and adult- hood. The _______ type begins in the teenage years and is hypothesized to remit by adulthood, though a recent follow-up study has not supported the idea that this type remits.

Answer 1

life-course-persistent

adolescence-limited

Question 2

Comorbidity is common in conduct disorder. Other problems that co-occur with conduct disorder include: _______, _______, _______, and _______.

Answer 2

ADHD, substance-abuse, anxiety, depression

Question 3

A successful treatment for conduct disorder that involves the family is called _______. Another successful community-focused treatment that works with the child, parents, peers, and schools is _______.

Answer 3

Parent Management Training

Multisystemic treatment

Question 4

typical comorbid disorders with CD

Answer 4

substance abuse, anxiety, depression

Question 5

which anxiety disorders are thought to precede CD?

Answer 5

social anxiety + specific phobia

Question 6

Moffit’s 2 distinctions of types of CD

Answer 6

life-course-persistent, adolescence limited/onset

Question 7

Dodge’s cognitive theory of aggression

Answer 7

• ambiguous act interpreted as hostile
• aggression towards others
• retaliation from others
• further angry aggression towards others

Question 8

2 levels of peer influence on CD

Answer 8

peer rejection + deviant peer affiliation

Question 9

which gene, when in low levels, is thought to contribute to CD? what usually occurs alongside this?

Answer 9

MAOA, childhood maltreatment