Temperament, Social Competence, and Adrenocortical Activity in Preschoolers

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-85

  Gunnar, Megan R ^a   Tout, Kathryn ^a   De Haan, Michelle ^a   Pierce, Susan ^a   Stansbury, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cortisol; Peer relations; Temperament

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPULSIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TEMPERAMENT;

AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBSERVATION; PEER GROUP; SALIVA; SHYNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0031178371     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199707)31:1<65::AID-DEV6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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