Internalising and externalising children’s behaviour problems in Britain and the US: Relationships to family resources

Children and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 368-383

  McCulloch, Andrew ^a   Wiggins, Richard D ^b   Joshi, Heather E ^c   Sachdev, Darshan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Policy Planning and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84937320363     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2000.tb00191.x     Document Type: Article

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