Attachment characteristics and behavioural problems in rural and urban juvenile delinquents

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-48

  Elgar, Frank J ^a   Knight, John ^b   Worrall, Graham J ^b   Sherman, Gregory ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent Attachment Questionnaire; Attachment; Conduct problems; Juvenile delinquency; Rural urban differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY LIFE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0041690971     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025349908855     Document Type: Article

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