Mean girls and bad boys: Recent research on gender differences in conduct disorder

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 503-511

  Berkout, Olga V ^a   Young, John N ^a   Gross, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Conduct disorder; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIALIZATION; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 80053578725     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2011.06.001     Document Type: Review

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