Do measures of externalising behaviour in normal populations predict later outcome?: Implications for targeted interventions to prevent conduct disorder

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1059-1070

  Bennett, Kathryn J ^a   Lipman, Ellen L ^a   Racine, Yvonne ^a   Offord, David R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Externalising behaviour; Predictive accuracy; Prevention; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DESTRUCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031755828     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098003199     Document Type: Article

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