Children's Temperament at 3 Months and 6 Years Old: Stability, Reliability, and Measurement Issues

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-47

  Tomlinson, Patricia Short ^a   Harbaugh, Bonnie Lee ^a   Anderson, Kathryn Hoehn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0029679801     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01460869609026853     Document Type: Article

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