A comparative study of the behavioral, personality, and fire history characteristics of residential and outpatient adolescents (Ages 12-17) with firesetting behaviors

Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 158, 2005, Pages 345-353

  Pollinger, Joyce ^a   Samuels, Laura ^a   Stadolnik, Robert ^a  

^a FirePsych Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARSON; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; FIRESETTING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; OUTPATIENTS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23744491672     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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