Temperament in children with Down syndrome and in prematurely born children

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-71

  Nygaard, Egil ^a   Smith, Lars ^b   Torgersen, Anne Mari ^b  

^a Educational Psychological Advisory Service   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children's Behavior Questionnaire; Cultural differences; Down syndrome; Premature birth; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPERAMENT;

CHILD; CULTURE; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0036484180     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00269     Document Type: Article

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