Studying cross-cultural differences in the development of infant temperament: People's Republic of China, the United States of America, and Spain

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-161

  Gartstein, Maria A ^a   Gonzalez, Carmen ^b   Carranza, Jose A ^b   Ahadi, Stephan A ^c   Ye, Renmin ^d   Rothbart, Mary K ^e   Yang, Suh Wen ^f  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Campus Universitario de la Merced   (Spain)

^c MetriTech Inc   (United States)

^d Houston Independent School District   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^f PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Infancy; Longitudinal; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749835480     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-006-0025-6     Document Type: Article

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