Patterns of behaviour problems among pre-school children

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 909-918

  Sonuga Barke, E J S ^a   Thompson, M ^a   Stevenson, J ^a   Viney, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PARENTS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0030878590     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005291     Document Type: Article

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