Adversity, Emotional Arousal, and Problem Behaviour in Adolescence: The Role of Non-Verbal Cognitive Ability as a Resilience Promoting Factor

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-29

  Flouri, Eirini ^a   Hickey, Joseph ^a   Mavroveli, Stella ^a   Hurry, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent psychopathology; Adverse life events; Emotion regulation; Emotional arousal; MLwiN; Non verbal cognitive ability

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT EMOTIONS SCALE OF THE EMOTION AWARENESS QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSITY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDUCT DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL AROUSAL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NON VERBAL COGNITIVE ABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RAVEN STANDARD PROGRESSIVE MATRICES PLUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78651454718     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2010.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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