Emotional processing in children with conduct problems and callous/ unemotional traits

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 234-244

  Woodworth, Michael ^a   Waschbusch, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Callous unemotionaltraits; Conduct problems; Emotional processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38949193227     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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