Parents detail extreme acts (strangling, knives) to position behavior as transcending normal childhood conflict. Constructs child's identity as "out of control."

Extreme Violence Pathologization

Parents detail job loss or inability to maintain work due to child's behavior. Justifies non-participation in normative financial expectations; accounts for accountability.

Employment Impact

Fragmented/lost sleep reported using extreme terms ("very straining," "nightmare"). Assessment-relevant because poor sleep validates claim of profound familial burden.

Sleep Disruption

- Employment Impact
- Sleep Disruption
- Extreme Violence Pathologization

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The Rhetorical Performance: How parents persuasively construct their case

Lester, J. N. (Ed.). (2021). Discursive Psychology and Disability. Palgrave Studies in Discursive Psychology. Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Reference For: Discursive Psychology and Disability

1. Complaining as a Social Action
2. Rhetoric of 'Burden'
3. Three-Part List
4. Extreme Case Formulations (ECFs)

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