Children and Antisocial Personality Disorder

By: Alexandria BrandonPSY492

Thesis

Children with antisocial behavior and behavior problems are more likely to develop ASPD as

an adult.

What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?According to the DSM-IV-TR:Breaking the law and/or committing crimesLying and conningImpulsiveAggressiveIrrational behaviorReckless with others safetyIrresponsible Inability to hold down a jobA Lack of remorse (Varcarolis, 2006), (American

Psychiatric Association [DSM-IV-TR], 2000).

Articles IntroductionsThese are the articles used in the research of this topic.

Antisocial Personality Disorder in Abused and Neglected Children All Grown UpObjective: To see if there is a link between

abuse and ASPD.Method: 699 people where 416 were abused

and 283 were not. Interviewing the people.Results: 7% of the group were diagnosed

with ASPD (Luntz, 1994)

Predicting Overt and Covert Antisocial Behavior: Parents, Peers, and HomelessObjective: Studied homeless and homed

children for overt and covert antisocial behavior.

Method: Interviewed a group of people that consisted of 231 homeless and 143 housed youth.

Results: Homeless were more likely to show both types of behavior (Tompsett, 2010).

The Impact of ADHD and Conduct Disorder in Childhood on Adult Delinquency: a 30 Years Follow-up Study Using Official Crime RecordsObjective: To explore the link between adult

delinquency and childhood ADHD or conduct disorders.

Method: Followed up with patients of a psychiatric facility.

Results: 24% of the people in the study committed crimes as an adult (Mordre, 2011).

Genetic Contributions to Antisocial Personality and Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review from a Evolutionary PerspectiveObjective: To analyze the genetics behind

antisocial behavior in an evolutionary standpoint.

Method: They searched PsycINFO for papers with certain terms in them.

Results: Gene influences can affect antisocial behavior (Ferguson, 2010).

Early Predictors of Antisocial Development Pathways Among Boys and GirlsObjective: Looking into psychological and

behavior factors that are linked at antisocial behavior in boys and girls.

Method: They used self-reporting and interviews with parents.

Results: It showed that there are many similarities between boys and girls (Pitzer, 2010).

Predicting Future Antisocial Personality Disorder in Males from Clinical Assessment in ChildhoodObjective: To look into the link between

childhood conduct disorder or ADHD or both in adult ASPD.

Method: Used a childhood diagnostic assessment.

Results: The study showed that children with conduct disorders are more likely to have ASPD but it was not the same for ADHD (Lahey, 2005).

Intervention for Children at Risk of Developing Antisocial Personality DisorderObjective: To study different intervention

groups. Method: They studied the effectiveness of

different intervention groups using different factors.

Results: All groups were effective in the short term and two groups were effective in the long term (Utting, 2007).

Strengths and WeaknessesThe strengths and weaknesses of the articles.

StrengthsNone of the articles try to diagnose the

children.They study outside factors.The articles are not biased.Intervention is mentioned as a possibility.

WeaknessesOne of the articles was very controversial. Some of the studies had limitations.One of the articles was fairly old. All of these factors affect the validity of the

articles.

ConclusionThe literature cannot conclusively say that

children with conduct disorders are more likely to develop ASPD, but it is a possibility.

Children can change and grow out of the behavior problems that they have, but why

take the chance that they can develop ASPD.

Further StudyA question for further study is, what types of

interventions work with different children with different disorders that may lead to

ASPD?

ReferencesAmerican Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical

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Clay, R.A. (2009). Prevention works. Monitor on Psychology, 40(8), Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/09/prevention.aspx

Ferguson, C. J. (2010). Genetic contributions to antisocial personality and behavior: A meta-analytic review from an evolutionary perspective. Journal of Social Psychology, 150(2), 160(21).

Lahey, B.B, Loeber, R., Burke, J.D, & Applegate, Brooks. (2005). Predicting future antisocial personality disorder in males from a clinical assessment in childhood. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73(3), Retrieved from http://www.wpic.pitt.edu/research/famhist/pdf_articles/apa/apd3.pdf doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.3.389

Luntz, B. K., & Cathy Spatz Widom. (1994). Antisocial personality disorder in abused and neglected children grown up.151(5), 670.

References Part II Mordre, M., Groholt, B., Kjelsberg, E., Sandstad, B., & Myhre, A. (2011).

The impact of ADHD and conduct disorder in childhood on adult delinquency: A 30 years follow-up study using official crime records. BMC Psychiatry, 11(1), 57.

Pitzer, M., & E. (2010). Early predictors of antisocial developmental pathways among boys and girls. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 121(1), 52(13).

Tompsett, C. J., & Toro, P. A. (2010). Predicting overt and covert antisocial behaviors: Parents, peers, and homelessness. Journal of Community Psychology, 38(4), 469(17).

Utting, D, Monteiro, H and Ghate, D (2007) Interventions for Children at Risk of Developing

Antisocial Personality Disorder London: PRB with Department of Health and the Cabinet Office

Varcarolis, E, Benner, V, & Christine, N. (2006). Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing: a clinical approach. W B Saunders Co.