Paternal alcoholism, paternal absence and the development of problem behaviors in boys from age six to twelve years

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-398

  Carbonneau, René ^a,c   Tremblay, Richard E ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^a   Dobkin, Patricia L ^a,b   Saucier, Jean François ^a   Pihl, Robert O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031799840     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1998.59.387     Document Type: Article

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