“…The fundamental role of anger-irritability problems in the externalizing spectrum is shown by its contribution to many psychopathological diagnoses within this realm, such as ODD, conduct disorder, psychopathic personality traits, and antisocial personality disorder (DSM-V; APA, 2013; ICD-10; WHO, 2004). Previous studies suggested that anger-irritability problems were triggered by neurobiological dysregulations (e.g., Pardini & Frick, 2013), genetic components (Taylor & Kim-Cohen, 2007), inadequate rearing environment such as hostile and coercive parenting styles (Gershoff, 2002;Teicher & Samson, 2016), or exposure to a serie of traumatic experiences (Schmid, Petermann, & Fegert, 2013;Sevecke, Franke, Kosson, & Krischer, 2016), that could affect the individual's capacity to control anger-related mechanisms. While many of these factors explaining the development of anger-irritability problems are not sex-specific per se, girls were found to be at heightened risk for sexual assault and abuse, which is also a strong predictor of anger-irritability problems (e.g., Kerig & Becker, 2012).…”