Table A1.

Distribution of Conduct Disorder Diagnostic Criteria

Items	%
Aggression to people and animals
Ever bullies, threatens, or intimidates others	63
Ever initiates physical fights	52
Has used a weapon that can cause serious physical harm to others	42
Has been physically cruel to people	8
Has been physically cruel to animals	18
Has stolen while confronting a victim	12
Has forced someone into sexual activity	1
Destruction of property
Has deliberately engaged in fire setting with the intention of causing serious damage	37
Has deliberately destroyed others’ property	56
Deceitfulness or theft
Has broken into someone else's house, building, or car	35
Often lies to obtain goods or favors or to avoid obligations	73
Has stolen items of nontrivial value without confronting a victim	84
Serious violations of rulesa
Often stays out at night despite parental prohibitions, beginning before age 13	28
Is often truant from school, beginning before age 13	34

Note: N = 428

^aOne criterion, “running away from home overnight at least twice while living in parental or parental surrogate home” was excluded from the criteria because of the nature of this sample.