Children who are cruel to animals: A revisit

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-36

  Luk, Ernest S L ^a   Staiger, Petra K ^b   Wong, Lisa ^a   Mathai, John ^c  

^a MAROONDAH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Children; Conduct disorder; Cruelty to animals

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHER;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0033041158     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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