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Hyperactivity in a Sample of Omani Schoolboys
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Al-Sharbati, Marwan; Al-Adawi, Samir; Ganguly, Shyam; Al-Lawatiya, Salwa; Al-Mshefri, Faysal – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2008
Objective: There is a dearth of cross-cultural research on hyperactivity. This article aims to quantify the prevalence of hyperactivity in schoolboys residing in an Arab/Islamic country, Oman. Method: 1,502 Omani schoolboys from eight randomly selected schools representing the urban population of Oman were screened for various indices of…
Descriptors: Siblings, Incidence, Hyperactivity, Behavior Disorders
Modeling Growth in Boys' Aggressive Behavior across Elementary School: Links to Later Criminal Involvement, Conduct Disorder, and Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Schaeffer, Cindy M.; Petras, Hanno; Ialongo, Nicholas; Poduska, Jeanne; Kellam, Sheppard – Developmental Psychology, 2003
The present study used general growth mixture modeling to identify pathways of antisocial behavior development within an epidemiological sample of urban, primarily African American boys. Teacher-rated aggression, measured longitudinally from 1st to 7th grade, was used to define growth trajectories. Three high-risk trajectories (chronic high,…
Descriptors: Males, Aggression, African American Children, Urban Youth