Attachment and externalizing disorders: A developmental psychopathology perspective

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 440-451

  Guttmann Steinmetz, Sarit ^a   Crowell, Judith A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Conduct disorder; Oppositional defiant disorder

Indexed keywords

ATTACHMENT AND EXTERNALIZING DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MORALITY; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROL; EMOTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33646367886     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000196422.42599.63     Document Type: Article

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