Ritual, Habit, and Perfectionism: The Prevalence and Development of Compulsive-like Behavior in Normal Young Children

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-68

  Evans, David W ^a   Leckman, James F ^b   Carter, Alice ^b   Reznick, J Steven ^b   Henshaw, Desiree ^b   King, Robert A ^b   Pauls, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPULSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031064497     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01925.x     Document Type: Article

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