title: Childhood externalizing behavior: theory and implications.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Social Science Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. jianghol@usc.edu
authors.forename: Jianghong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: 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