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Childhood Externalizing Behavior: Theory and Implications
Author(s) -
Liu Jianghong
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2004.tb00003.x
Subject(s) - biosocial theory , aggression , perspective (graphical) , psychology , juvenile delinquency , construct (python library) , developmental psychology , externalization , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , personality , medical emergency , artificial intelligence , computer science , programming language
TOPIC. Childhood externalizing behavior PURPOSE. To analyze the construct of externalizing behavior (aggression, delinquency, and hyperactivity), illustrate the biosocial model of childhood externalizing, and draw clinical implications for nursing research and practice. SOURCES. A review of the literature based on psychological, psychiatric, and nursing journals. CONCLUSIONS. A better understanding of childhood externalizing behavior problems and the risk factors underlying them are essential to prevent them. The employment of an integrative biosocial perspective is argued to be important in understanding this behavior.