Social Competence and Conduct Problems in Young Children: Issues in Assessment

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-43

  Webster Stratton, Carolyn ^a   Lindsay, Deborah Woolley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033090265     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp2801_3     Document Type: Article

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