Negative and atypical story content themes depicted by children with behaviour problems

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1125-1131

  Wan, Ming Wai ^a   Green, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conduct disorder; doll play; maternal depression; mother child relations; story stems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77956626839     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02239.x     Document Type: Article

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