Oppositional Defiant Behaviors:
- Displays a pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant behavior toward most adults.
- Often acts as if parents, teachers, and other authority figures are the 'enemy.'
- Erupts in temper tantrums (e.g., screaming, crying, throwing objects, thrashing on ground, refusing to move) in defiance of direction from an adult caregiver.
- Consistently argues with adults.
- Often defies or refuses to comply with requests and rules, even when they are reasonable.
- Deliberately annoys people and is easily annoyed by others.
- Often blames others for own mistakes or misbehavior.
- Consistently is angry and resentful.
- Often is spiteful or vindictive.
- Has experienced significant impairment in social or academic functioning.