Deconstructing the externalizing spectrum: Growth patterns of overt aggression, covert aggression, oppositional behavior, impulsivity/inattention, and emotion dysregulation between school entry and early adolescence

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 817-842

  Olson, Sheryl L ^a   Sameroff, Arnold J ^a   Lansford, Jennifer E ^b   Sexton, Holly ^c   Davis Kean, Pamela ^d   Bates, John E ^d   Pettit, Gregory S ^e   Dodge, Kenneth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84880880005     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579413000199     Document Type: Article

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