The Relations of Regulation and Emotionality to Children's Externalizing and Internalizing Problem Behavior

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1112-1134

  Eisenberg, Nancy ^a   Cumberland, Amanda ^d   Spinrad, Tracy L ^d   Fabes, Richard A ^d   Shepard, Stephanie A ^b   Reiser, Mark ^d   Murphy, Bridget C ^c   Losoya, Sandra H ^d   Guthrie, Ivanna K ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0035403973     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00337     Document Type: Article

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