Cross-cultural differences in temperament in the first year of life: United States of America (US) and Russia

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 316-328

  Gartstein, Maria A ^a   Slobodskaya, Helena R ^b   Kinsht, Irina A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BASIC MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038455509     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250244000344     Document Type: Article

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