Childhood peer relationship problems and later risks of educational under-achievement and unemployment

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-201

  Woodward, Lianne J ^a   Fergusson, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child Behaviour Checklist; Educational attainment; Longitudinal studies; Peer relationships; Schizophrenia; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD REARING; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNDERACHIEVEMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0034013188     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002196309900520X     Document Type: Article

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