Tests of the relationship between children's temperament and asthma and of the reliability and validity of the brief scale of temperament

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-36

  Sarafino, Edward P ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0034146327     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320009596692     Document Type: Article

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