Oppositional Disorder in Children: A Validation Study Comparing Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Disorder and Normal Control Children

Subjects with oppositional disorder (OD, N= 21) and conduct disorder (CD, N= 22) were compared with normal controls (NC, N= 20) to determine whether OD is a distinct disorder. OD subjects exhibited high rates of associated attention deficit, emotional and learning disorders. Compared with NC, OD sub...

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Published in:Journal of child psychology and psychiatry 1990-11, Vol.31 (7), p.1089-1102
Main Authors: Schachar, Russell, Wachsmuth, Rod
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement
Affective Symptoms - diagnosis
Affective Symptoms - psychology
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology
Child
Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis
Child Behavior Disorders - psychology
Child of Impaired Parents - psychology
conduct disorder
Cooperative Behavior
diagnostic validity
Family
Humans
Life Change Events
Male
Negativism
Oppositional disorder
Personality Assessment
Personality Development
Social Adjustment
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Summary:Subjects with oppositional disorder (OD, N= 21) and conduct disorder (CD, N= 22) were compared with normal controls (NC, N= 20) to determine whether OD is a distinct disorder. OD subjects exhibited high rates of associated attention deficit, emotional and learning disorders. Compared with NC, OD subjects had high rates of problems in social relationships and came from families characterized by marital fights, dysfunction, and paternal psychopathology. Compared with CD, OD was less often characterized by undersocialization and separations from fathers and more often characterized by dissatisfaction in the marital relationship. These results suggest that OD is a variant of CD rather than of normality.
ISSN:0021-9630
1469-7610
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1990.tb00848.x