Predicting Stability and Change in Toddler Behavior Problems: Contributions of Maternal Behavior and Child Gender

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-42

  Smith, Cynthia L ^a,b   Calkins, Susan D ^a   Keane, Susan P ^a   Anastopoulos, Arthur D ^a   Shelton, Terri L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIALIZATION;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0345801331     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.40.1.29     Document Type: Article

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