Aggressive Boys' Hostile Perceptual and Response Biases: The Role of Attention and Impulsivity

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1015-1033

  Waldman, Irwin D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030170942     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01780.x     Document Type: Article

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