Gender differences in the association between conduct problems and other problems among adolescents

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 194-209

  Storvoll, Elisabet E ^a   Wichstrøm, Lars ^a   Pape, Hilde ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Conduct problems; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949175404     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: 16512340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043850310010794     Document Type: Article

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