Social cognition and externalizing psychopathology: An investigation of the mediating role of language

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-152

  Yaghoub Zadeh, Zohreh ^a   Im Bolter, Nancie ^b   Cohen, Nancy J ^c  

^a Canadian Council on Learning   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Externalizing behaviour problems; Language; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

EID: 34147099618     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-006-9052-9     Document Type: Article

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