Impulse Control and Callous-Unemotional Traits Distinguish Patterns of Delinquency and Substance Use in Justice Involved Adolescents: Examining the Moderating Role of Neighborhood Context

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 599-611

  Ray, James V ^a   Thornton, Laura C ^b   Frick, Paul J ^b,c   Steinberg, Laurence ^d,e   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Callous unemotional traits; Delinquency; Impulse control; Neighborhood context; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CONDUCT DISORDER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISRUPTIVE, IMPULSE CONTROL, AND CONDUCT DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84960373693     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-0057-0     Document Type: Article

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