Daylength during Pregnancy and Shyness in Children: Results from Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-114

  Gortmaker, Steven L ^a   Kagan, Jerome ^b   Caspi, Avshalom ^c   Silva, Phil A ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Children; Daylength; Pregnancy; Season; Shyness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SHYNESS; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031225384     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199709)31:2<107::AID-DEV3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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