Effortful Control as a Personality Characteristic of Young Children: Antecedents, Correlates, and Consequences

Journal of Personality

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1087-1112

  Kochanska, Grazyna ^a   Knaack, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPERAMENT;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0345581655     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.7106008     Document Type: Article

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