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Girls' Disruptive Behavior and its Relationship to Family Functioning: A Review
Leoniek M Kroneman1, Rolf Loeber, Alison E Hipwell
1Department of Developmental Psychology, VU University, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Abstract:
Although a number of reviews of gender differences in disruptive behavior and parental socialization exist, we extend this literature by addressing the question of differential development among girls and by placing both disruptive behavior and parenting behavior in a developmental framework. Clarifying the heterogeneity of development in girls is important for developing and optimizing gender-specific prevention and treatment programs. In the current review, we describe the unique aspects of the development of disruptive behavior in girls and explore how the gender-specific development of disruptive behavior can be explained by family linked risk and protective processes. Based on this review, we formulate a gender-specific reciprocal model of the influence of social factors on the development of disruptive behavior in girls in order to steer further research and better inform prevention and treatment programs.
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