The impact of maternal characteristics and sensitivity on the concordance between maternal reports and laboratory observations of infant negative emotionality

Infancy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 517-539

  Leerkes, Esther M ^a,b   Crockenberg, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33644834695     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327078IN0404_07     Document Type: Article

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