Prevalence of externalizing behavior problems in Sri Lankan preschool children: Birth, childhood, and sociodemographic risk factors

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 757-762

  Samarakkody, Diana ^a,b   Fernando, Dulitha ^a   McClure, Roderick ^b   Perera, Hemamali ^a   De Silva, Hiranthi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Contributory factors; Externalizing behavior problems; Preschool children; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SRI LANKA;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84863720148     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0377-5     Document Type: Article

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