In many circumstances alternative courses of action and thoughts have to be inhibited to
allow the emergence of goal-directed behavior. However, this has not been the accepted …

Research and theory on the role of emotion and regulation in morality have received
considerable attention in the last decade. Much relevant work has concerned the role of …

We review recent research on the presentation, nosology and epidemiology of behavioral
and emotional psychiatric disorders in preschool children (children ages 2 through 5 years …

This study used data from 6 sites and 3 countries to examine the developmental course of
physical aggression in childhood and to analyze its linkage to violent and nonviolent …

This is the third book I have written on the topic of sensation seeking. The first described the
theoretical origins of the construct, the research on sensory deprivation that grew from the …

This reprinted article originally appeared in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2002, Vol 111
(3), 411-424.(The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2002-17277 …

Criminal careers have long occupied the imaginations of criminologists. Since the 1986
publication of the National Academy of Sciences report on criminal careers and career …

Background: This study provides, to our knowledge, the first empirical test of whether
behavioral differences among children in the first 3 years of life are linked to specific adult …

Objectives. Physical aggression in children is a major public health problem. Not only is
childhood physical aggression a precursor of the physical and mental health problems that …

Men and women experience different kinds of mental health problems. While women
exceed men in internalizing disorders such as depression and anxiety, men exhibit more …