Describe the most common social and emotional problems of middle childhood

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Conduct disorder, depression, and separation anxiety are serious childhood conditions
that can impair social and emotional functioning. Children with conduct disorders break
rules and violate the rights of others. These children may also engage in truancy and
cruelty to animals. Conduct disorder shows stability across time. Children with this
disorder are more likely to develop substance abuse problems and to display antisocial
behavior as adults. New cognitivebehavioral techniques are showing some promise in
reducing conduct disorder. Childhood depression affects an estimated 5 to 9% of
children in any given year. Situational stressors, such as family problems, appear to
contribute dramatically to depression in middle childhood. The most common anxiety
disorder of middle childhood is separation anxiety disorder (SAD). The typical
manifestation of this disorder is school phobia. Although some incidents of school
phobia are related to problems at school or difficulty with classmates, more often than
not these incidents have to do with stressful life changes.