551 Familial Factors of Conduct Disorder in Iranian Adolescents: A Pilot Study

Abstract

Introduction: Conduct disorder is a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of other or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated.

Children and adolescents with conduct disorder may be show several different antisocial behaviors. Any single etiological factors could not describe antisocial behavior or conduct disorder in child and adolescent.

Family is the most important factor in development and continuance of conduct disorder.

Objective: Determination of familial characteristics in 12-18- year-old adolescents with conduct disorder diagnosis who referred to two child and adolescent centers.

Method: This is a case - control study. 20 adolescents in ages 12-18-year-old choice from all persons who referent to two child & adolescent centers. They have diagnosis of conduct disorder (according to DSM-IV) by psychiatrist. After description of this study purpose & consent of them and their parents, inventories completed. Control group included of 20 adolescents in ages 12-18-year-old who had not any psychiatric disorder and their parents.

Instruments: familial studies inventory for adolescents and for parents (separately) [researcher-induced]- and SADS for parents.

Results: In this study, there was meaningful statistical relationship between adolescents conduct disorder and psychiatric disorder (psycho pathology) in their father (p=0.0009), & mother (p= 0.011), family income (p< 0.0001), remarriage of father (p=0.013), educational level of father (p=0.0003), & moter (p=0.004) and history of previous divorce in father (p=0.02) and family size (p=0.04).

Conclusion: some of familial characteristics are effective in development of adolescents conduct disorder.

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