Some individual psychological characteristics as protective or risk factors for occurrence of conduct disorder

Autor: Marković Jasminka, Srdanović-Maraš Jelena, Šobot Valentina, Ivanović-Kovačević Svetlana, Martinović-Mitrović Slađana
Jazyk: English<br />Serbian
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Psihologija, Vol 44, Iss 2, Pp 167-185 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0048-5705
DOI: 10.2298/PSI1102167M
Popis: Our study included 30 pairs of siblings aged 12-18 years; one sibling with and one without conduct disorder in each pair. The aim of the study was to assess individual characteristics of those siblings, i.e. to determine differences in psychological characteristics of the siblings with regard to locus of control, stress coping strategies and frequency and structure of behavioral problems and emotions. The results suggested significant differences in individual characteristics of children with conduct disorder and their healthy siblings. These results mainly confirm previous results of foreign research on a sample of our population. Exception of findings was related to strategies for coping with stress: religious behavior that didn’t turn out as a protective factor and avoiding confrontation and withdrawal which are shown as a protective factor. These results suggest the importance of individual psychological characteristics for the occurrence of conduct disorders and have implications in therapy and in preventive work with adolescents.
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