Compliance is measured in terms of the duration of time it takes the individual to respond to the command and whether the response is appropriate. A reasonable period of initiation of compliance occurs in a range of five to 15 seconds.

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Noncompliance occurs when the individual displays an adverse response to a given command outside the appropriate range of time.

Operationalizing Noncompliance 

Compliance is the act of going along with a request or demand, even if one privately disagrees with it. For example, changing a public vote to match peers while secretly holding a different preference is an instance of compliance. It often manifests as a specific form of conformity.

Compliance

Matthys, & Lochman, J. E. (2017). Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder in childhood (2nd ed.). Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118972519

Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder in Childhood

Measuring Compliance

During chilldhood, noncompliance is the result of a biddirectional interactional process between the child and parent

Noncompliant Behavior is not a Stand-Alone Behavior


- unhealthy attachment
- high in temperamental reactivity
- maternal stress during pregnancy


Risk Factors Related to Noncompliance During Childhood

- secure attachment
- low temperamental reactivity
- praise
- positive discipline (including nonverbal responses)
- COMT Met allleles 

Protective Factors Against Noncompliance During Childhood

- Passive (ignoring)
- Active (explicitly resisting)

Passive Versus Active Noncompliance

In Asch's conformity experiments, participants demonstrated compliance by publicly giving incorrect answers to align with the group majority. However, privately, they did not accept that these obviously wrong answers were correct.

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