A contextual approach to the development of self-regulatory competencies: The role of maternal unresponsivity and toddlers' negative affect in stressful situations

Social Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 136-157

  Rodriguez, Monica L ^a   Ayduk, Ozlem ^b   Aber, J Lawrence ^c   Mischel, Walter ^c   Sethi, Anita ^d   Shoda, Yuichi ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Child negative affect; Contextual analysis; Maternal unresponsivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 13244253764     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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