Aggression and fire: Antisocial behavior in firesetting and nonfiresetting juvenile offenders

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-193

  Stickle, Timothy R ^a,b,d   Blechman, Elaine A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d University of New Orleans   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Antisocial behavior; Confirmatory factor analysis; Firesetting; Juvenile offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARSON; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0009713972     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016062701325     Document Type: Article

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