Decision-Making Deficits Among Maltreated Children

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 184-194

  Weller, Joshua A ^a,b,c   Fisher, Philip A ^b,d  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^c DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

child welfare system; decision making; expected value sensitivity; maltreated children; risk taking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; EXPECTED VALUE SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MALTREATED CHILDREN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; EXPECTED VALUE SENSITIVITY; MALTREATED CHILDREN; RISK TAKING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; RISK-TAKING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84875066973     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559512467846     Document Type: Article

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