The incremental utility of callous-unemotional traits and conduct problems in predicting aggression and bullying in a community sample of boys and girls

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 366-378

  Thornton, Laura C ^a   Frick, Paul J ^a   Crapanzano, Ann Marie ^a   Terranova, Andrew M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wall College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger dysregulation; Bullying; Callous unemotional traits; Proactive

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL PROCESS SCREENING DEVICE; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CALLOUS UNEMOTIONAL TRAIT; CHILD; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84882577612     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031153     Document Type: Article

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