Guilt in young children: Development, determinants, and relations with a broader system of standards

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 461-482

  Kochanska, Grazyna ^a   Gross, Jami N ^b   Lin, Mei Hua ^b   Nichols, Kate E ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GUILT; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIALIZATION; TEMPERAMENT;

AFFECT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GUILT; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIALIZATION; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0036513430     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00418     Document Type: Article

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