The relationship between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and aggressive behaviour in preschool boys and girls

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-214

  Kakouros, Efthymios ^a   Maniadaki, Katerina ^b   Karaba, Rania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b Psychological Center of Developmental and Learning Disabilities ARSI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Greece; Hyperactivity; Preschoolers; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890694346     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443042000244037     Document Type: Article

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