Developmental trajectories of skin conductance level in middle childhood: Sex, race, and externalizing behavior problems as predictors of growth

Biological Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-124

  El Sheikh, Mona ^a   Keiley, Margaret ^a   Hinnant, J Benjamin ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Delinquency; Externalizing problems; Race; Sex; Skin conductance level; Trajectories of skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CRIME; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 75949090602     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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