Discourse deficits associated with psychiatric disorders and with language impairments in children

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 693-704

  Vallance, Denise D ^a   Im, Nancie ^b   Cohen, Nancy J ^b  

^a C M Hincks Institute   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Discourse skills; Externalizing disorder; Internalizing disorder; Language disorder; Narratives; Psychiatric disorders; School children; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032788847     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099004084     Document Type: Article

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