Children's Ability to Delay Gratification: Longitudinal Relations to Mother-Child Attachment

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-426

  Jacobsen, Teresa ^a   Huss, Michael ^b   Fendrich, Michael ^a   Kruesi, Markus J P ^a   Ziegenhain, Ute ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ATTENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REWARD; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031296461     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221329709596679     Document Type: Article

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