Impulse control and aggressive response generation as predictors of aggressive behaviour in children with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intelligence

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-242

  Van Nieuwenhuijzen, Maroesjka ^a   Orobio De Castro, B ^a   Van Aken, M A G ^a   Matthys, W ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Aggressive response generation; Borderline intelligence; Impulse control; Mild intellectual disabilities; Social problem solving

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 60749083267     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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