Childhood predictors differentiate life-course persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial pathways among males and females

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 355-372

  Moffitt, Terrie E ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERAMENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035263795     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579401002097     Document Type: Article

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