Conscientiousness and externalizing psychopathology: Overlap, developmental patterns, and etiology of two related constructs

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 871-888

  Roberts, Brent W ^a   Jackson, Joshua J ^a   Burger, Jessica ^a   Trautwein, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONSCIENCE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONSCIENCE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY;

EID: 70350438137     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579409000479     Document Type: Review

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