- What motivates the aggression/anger, the why
- The form of aggressive behavior (intrapersonal or relational)

Distinguishing between Proactive and Reactive Aggression



- Proactive or reactive:
- Physical
- Emotional 
- Verbal


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- Noncompliance/ defiant behavior 
- Antisocial/ delinquent behavior (age dependent)
- Agressive
- Argumentative/ irritable
- Callous-unemotional traits
- Externalizing and/or internalizing behavior
- Attentional difficulties
- Impulsivity
- Vindictiveness



General Behaviors Associated with ODD


Matthys, & Lochman, J. E. (2017). Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder in childhood (Second edition.). Wiley Blackwell.


Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder in childhood 

Variations of Aggression

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

Operationalizing Noncompliance 

Responding to a direct request by changing one’s behavior

Compliance

Boys are more likely to dislay higher levels of oppositional behavior during normative development than girls. These gender gaps close as individuals mature. 

Gender and Oppositional Behavior 

The callous-unemotional (CU) factor can be described as impulsivity, deviance, and inflated self-importance. CU factor can also be described as a lack of concern for others’ feelings, disregard for responsibilities, insincerity, lacking guilt, lying, and shallow behavior. 

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