Young children's beliefs about the stability of traits: Protective optimism?

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1408-1430

  Lockhart, Kristi L ^a   Chang, Bernard ^b   Story, Tyler ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AFFECT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JUDGMENT; MALE;

EID: 0036730963     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00480     Document Type: Article

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