A developmental framework for distinguishing disruptive behavior from normative misbehavior in preschool children

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 976-987

  Wakschlag, Lauren S ^a   Briggs Gowan, Margaret J ^b   Carter, Alice S ^c   Hill, Carri ^a   Danis, Barbara ^a   Keenan, Kate ^d   McCarthy, Kimberly J ^b   Leventhal, Bennett L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

DB DOS; Developmental psychopathology; Early childhood; Methodology; Observational methods; Preschool disruptive behavior disorders; Temper tantrums

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34948908630     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01786.x     Document Type: Article

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