Affective conduct disorder

Dubicka, Bernadka; Harrington, R.

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“…Over the last 10 years, services have started to be set up for children with sexually abusive behaviour in the UK (Vizard, 2006). However, 'There are few services available for the more disturbed and dangerous children with sexually abusive behaviour who may be co-morbid for several psychiatric disorders .…”

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“…For these mothers, who have been alerted to potentially abusive behaviour, it is difficult to establish what constitutes the acceptable, explorative behaviour of an adolescent, and abnormal sexual behaviour and abuse. As Vizard (2006) suggests, the situation is exacerbated by the widespread confusion about what 'normal' sexual behaviour is in children and adolescents. However, mothers described a range of behaviours that they considered abusive, for example:…”

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‘I don't want to be the mother of a paedophile’: the perspectives of mothers whose adolescent sons with learning disabilities sexually offend

Hubert¹,

Flynn²,

Nicholls³

et al. 2007

Journal of Child Psychotherapy

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The subject of sexual abuse is a major focus of professional and public concern. Sexual abuse of (and by) people with learning disabilities evokes even greater disquieting emotions, and makes severe demands on the social services, and the criminal justice system. The aims of the project were: 1) to determine whether group psychotherapy produced effective outcomes for adolescent boys with learning disabilities who exhibit sexually abusive behaviour, 2) to explore the perspectives of parents and other caregivers, and 3) to document the nature and extent of service support to families. This paper focuses solely on the mothers' perspectives. This was a three-year project with six boys (under 16) receiving group psychotherapy, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Clinical measures were used to track changes throughout the course of psychotherapy. Semi-structured interviews (taped and transcribed) were held (separately) with the boys, their parents, paid care-givers and the therapists. The mothers tried hard to make sense of, and come to terms with, what was happening to their sons and to themselves, they struggled to reconcile their own confused and often conflicting emotions, and to maintain their own sense of identity. They felt almost totally unsupported by the services, both in the past and present, and could see little hope for the future. There is an urgent need for development of effective and sympathetic services for the parents of boys with learning disabilities who have been abused, and who are now showing abusive behaviour.

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‘I don't want to be the mother of a paedophile’: the perspectives of mothers whose adolescent sons with learning disabilities sexually offend

Hubert¹,

Flynn²,

Nicholls³

et al. 2007

Journal of Child Psychotherapy

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“…Clinicians and researchers alike have become aware of these problematic sexual behaviors (PSB) over the past 20 years [Araji, 1997; Johnson, 1999]. For instance, researchers recognized that children with PSB could be sexual abusers when it was found that children 6–12 years of age were responsible for 13% of all sexual abuses committed and that they represented 33% of the sexually aggressive youths under the age of 18 years [Burton et al, 1997; Pithers et al, 1998a; Vizard, 2006]. Child protective services (CPS), for their part, have pointed to PSB as a significant problem for which personnel were ill‐trained and families, ill‐prepared [Baker et al, 2001].…”

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“…Several authors have disagreed with the conclusion that PSB and EP constituted one and the same construct. Vizard [2006] considered PSB to be different from EP and suggested adding the former as a new diagnostic category in the future DSM‐V. Studies of personal and environmental factors related to PSB and EP have suggested that children with EP were less frequently victimized by adults than were children with PSB [Burton, 1999; Meyer‐Bahlburg et al, 2000].…”

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Externalizing problems and problematic sexual behaviors: same etiology?

Lévesque

Bigras

Pauzé

2010

Aggressive Behavior

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The study sought to determine whether maltreatment subtypes, family sexuality, and personal characteristics predicted and distinguished child problematic sexual behaviors (PSB) and externalizing problems (EP). Participants were families of 188 children, 6-11 years old, referred by child welfare services in four Quebec districts. Caregivers completed interviews and questionnaires. Results suggested that family environment and maltreatment subtypes had partially different impacts on PSB and EP. When EP and gender were controlled, younger children in a sexualized family environment and those verbally victimized were more likely to exhibit PSB. When PSB and gender were controlled, verbal abuse and neglect emerged as predictors of EP. Potential implications for child PSB research and interventions are discussed.

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“…There is a vacuum in definitional discussions on the developmental perspective of children and their sexuality, with considerable confusion about what constitutes "normal" sexual behaviour in children and adolescents. This is partly because of rapidly changing societal norms about children and sex and partly because of the ethical constraints of undertaking empirical research into childhood sexuality (Vizard, 2006).…”

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Legislative Models of Prosecuting Child Sexual Abuse in India: A Review and Critical Analysis

Mathew¹

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Affective conduct disorder

Cited by 6 publications

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‘I don't want to be the mother of a paedophile’: the perspectives of mothers whose adolescent sons with learning disabilities sexually offend

‘I don't want to be the mother of a paedophile’: the perspectives of mothers whose adolescent sons with learning disabilities sexually offend

Externalizing problems and problematic sexual behaviors: same etiology?

Legislative Models of Prosecuting Child Sexual Abuse in India: A Review and Critical Analysis

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