Parent personality traits and psychopathology associated with antisocial behaviors in childhood attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-159

  Nigg, Joel T ^a   Hinshaw, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attention deficit disorder; Conduct disorder; Family factors; Hyperactivity; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATHER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 0031908481     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963097001984     Document Type: Article

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