The Relations of Effortful Control and Reactive Control to Children's Externalizing Problems: A Longitudinal Assessment

Journal of Personality

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1171-1196

  Valiente, Carlos ^a   Eisenberg, Nancy ^a   Smith, Cynthia L ^a   Reiser, Mark ^a   Fabes, Richard A ^a   Losoya, Sandra ^a   Guthrie, Ivanna K ^a   Murphy, Bridget C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0345581646     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.7106011     Document Type: Article

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