Personality Structure as Derived from Parental Ratings of Free Descriptions of Children: The Inventory of Child Individual Differences

Journal of Personality

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 995-1026

  Halverson, Charles F ^a,f   Havill, Valerie L ^a   Deal, James ^b   Baker, Spencer R ^c   Victor, James B ^c   Pavlopoulos, Vassilis ^d   Besevegis, Elias ^d   Wen, Liu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e Liao Ning Teacher's College   (China)

^f Department of Child Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERAMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0345581657     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.7106005     Document Type: Article

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