Bidirectional Associations Between Parental Warmth, Callous Unemotional Behavior, and Behavior Problems in High-Risk Preschoolers

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1275-1285

  Waller, Rebecca ^a   Gardner, Frances ^b   Viding, Essi ^c   Shaw, Daniel S ^d   Dishion, Thomas J ^e   Wilson, Melvin N ^f   Hyde, Luke W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Callous unemotional; Deceitful callous; Parenting; warmth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 84919394662     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: 15732835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9871-z     Document Type: Article

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