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AGGRESSIVE AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOURS BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT IN CONDUCT‐DISORDERED CHILDREN AND IN MATCHED CONTROLS
Author(s) -
Konstantareas M. Mary,
Homatidis Soula
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1984.tb00175.x
Subject(s) - prosocial behavior , psychology , conduct disorder , aggression , developmental psychology , poison control , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , clinical psychology , medical emergency , medicine
Aggressive and prosocial behaviours and responses to prosocial acts were examined in groups of conduct-disordered and normal children. The observations were repeated following therapeutic intervention. Before treatment, the clinic groups displayed greater levels of peer-directed aggression and responded inappropriately to social overtures. Following intervention, both clinic groups showed improved responsiveness to their peers' social overtures and the older clinic children reduced their aggression while the younger children did not. Independent evaluations of each child's medical file and case disposition revealed that the observational data served as a sensitive index of the status of the two clinic groups.