The Relations of Children's Dispositional Prosocial Behavior to Emotionality, Regulation, and Social Functioning

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 974-992

  Eisenberg, Nancy ^a   Fabes, Richard A ^a   Karbon, Mariss ^a   Murphy, Bridget C ^a   Wosinski, Marek ^a   Polazzi, Lorena ^a   Carlo, Gustavo ^a   Juhnke, Candy ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030163481     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01777.x     Document Type: Article

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