Childhood externalizing behavior: theory and implications.
OBJECTIVE
Childhood externalizing behavior


OBJECTIVE
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.


METHODS
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.
Liu
Jianghong
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Social Science Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. jianghol@usc.edu
D000374:Aggression; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory