Parental Factors. Harsh,punitive parenting characterized by severe physical and verbal aggression is associated with the development of children s maladaptive aggressive behaviors. Chaotic home conditions areassociated with conduct disorder and delinquency. Divorce is considered a risk factor, but the persistence of hostility, resentment, and bitterness between divorced parent may be the more important contributor to maladaptive behavior. Parental psychopathology, child abuse, and negligence often contribute to conduct disorder. Sociopathy ,alcohol dependence, and substance abuse in the parents are associated with conduct disorder in their children. Pantsmay be so negligent that a child s care is shared by relatives or assumed by foster parents. Many such parents were scarred by their own upbringing and tend to be abusive negligent or engrossed in getting their own personal need met.