A characteristic destabilization profile in parent-child interactions associated with treatment efficacy for aggressive children

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-379

  Lichtwarck Aschoff, Anna ^a   Hasselman, Fred ^a   Cox, Ralf ^b   Pepler, Debra ^c   Granic, Isabela ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entropy; Parent child interactions; Phase transition; Psychotherapy processes; Recurrence analysis

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865107379     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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