Positive attributes in children and reduced risk of future psychopathology

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-25

  Vidal Ribas, Pablo ^a   Goodman, Robert ^a   Stringaris, Argyris ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUTH STRENGTHS INVENTORY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84920458684     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.144519     Document Type: Article

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