Disruptive behavior disorders and the avoidance of responsibility

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 549-557

  Powell, Kevin M ^a   Rosén, Lee A ^a   Huff, Maureen E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0031256367     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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