Temperamental predictors of externalizing problems among boys and girls: A longitudinal study in a high-risk sample from ages 3 months to 15 years

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 445-458

  Pitzer, Martina ^a,c   Esser, Guenter ^b   Schmidt, Martin H ^a   Laucht, Manfred ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Karlsruhe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Externalizing problems; Gender; Risk; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHECKLIST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 73449119967     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-009-0009-1     Document Type: Article

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