Affiliation to youth gangs during adolescence: The interaction between childhood psychopathic tendencies and neighborhood disadvantage

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1035-1045

  Dupéré, Véronique ^a   Lacourse, Éric ^a   Willms, J Douglas ^b   Vitaro, Frank ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Individual propensity; Neighborhood disadvantage; Neighborhood residential instability; Psychopathic tendencies; Youth gangs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FEMALE; GANG; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOPATHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PEER GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 34748852454     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9153-0     Document Type: Article

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