The association of personality type in childhood with violence in adolescence

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-319

  Atkins, Robert ^a  

^a New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Childhood; Development; Personality; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34250893806     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20214     Document Type: Article

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