Predicting family poverty and other disadvantaged conditions for child rearing from childhood aggression and social withdrawal: A 30-year longitudinal study

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-106

  Serbin, Lisa A ^a   Temcheff, Caroline E ^a   Cooperman, Jessica M ^a   Stack, Dale M ^a   Ledingham, Jane ^b   Schwartzman, Alex E ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

childhood aggression and withdrawal; early parenthood; high school drop out; parental absence; predicting family poverty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTHOOD; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 79952744546     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025410372008     Document Type: Article

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