When the course of aggressive behavior in childhood does not predict antisocial outcomes in adolescence and young adulthood: An examination of potential explanatory variables

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 919-941

  Petras, Hanno ^a   Schaeffer, Cindy M ^b   Ialongo, Nicholas ^a   Hubbard, Scott ^a   Muthén, Bengt ^c   Lambert, Sharon F ^a   Poduska, Jeanne ^d   Kellam, Sheppard ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d American Institutes of Research

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT COUNSELING; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; READING; RISK FACTOR; ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 17944380805     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579404040076     Document Type: Article

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