Understanding treatment effectiveness for aggressive youth: The importance of regulation in mother-child interactions

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-75

  De Rubeis, Sera ^a   Granic, Isabela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dyadic regulation; Mother child interactions

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862254026     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026837     Document Type: Article

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