Positive parenting and early puberty in girls: Protective effects against aggressive behavior

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 781-786

  Mrug, Sylvie ^a   Elliott, Marc ^b   Gilliland, M Janice ^a   Grunbaum, Jo Anne ^d   Tortolero, Susan R ^e   Cuccaro, Paula ^e   Schuster, Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATURATION; NURTURING BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 49249084675     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.8.781     Document Type: Article

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