An adoption study of the etiology of teacher and parent reports of externalizing behavior problems in middle childhood

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 144-154

  Deater Deckard, Kirby ^a   Plomin, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING;

ADOPTION; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEACHING;

EID: 0032611687     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00011     Document Type: Article

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