The neurocognition of conduct disorder behaviors: Specificity to physical aggression and theft after controlling for ADHD symptoms

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-72

  Barker, Edward D ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^b,c,d,e   Van Lier, Pol A C ^f   Vitaro, Frank ^b   Nagin, Daniel S ^g   Assaad, Jean Marc ^b   Séguin, Jean R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Conduct disorder; Latent growth curves; Neurocognition; Physical aggression; Theft

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONDUCT DISORDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEFT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; CONDUCT DISORDER; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THEFT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650041811     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20373     Document Type: Article

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