Trainee nursery teachers' perceptions of disruptive behaviour disorders; the effect of sex of child on judgements of typicality and severity

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 433-440

  Maniadaki, Katerina ^a,c   Sonuga Barke, E J S ^a   Kakouros, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ADHD; DBDs; Hyperactivity; Perceptions; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSERY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT; TEACHER;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; SEX FACTORS; TEACHING;

EID: 0344876126     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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