Problem behavior: The double symptom of adolescence

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 763-793

  Siegel, Alexander W ^a   Scovill, Lori C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOPATHY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034257621     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579400004119     Document Type: Article

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