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Temperamental correlates of disruptive behavior disorders in young children: preliminary findings.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Apr 2002
Hirshfeld-Becker Dina R, Biederman Joseph, Faraone Stephen V, Violette Heather, Wrightsman Jessica, Rosenbaum Jerrold F
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BACKGROUND: Our objective was to test the hypothesis that temperamental behavioral disinhibition measured in early childhood would be associated with disruptive behavior disorders. METHODS: We used variables from laboratory-based behavioral observations originally devised to assess behavioral inhibition to construct a theory-based a priori definition of "behavioral disinhibition" in 200 young children at-risk for...
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