Effortful control among low-income preschoolers in three cities: Stability, change, and individual differences

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 208-221

  Li Grining, Christine P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Effortful control; Low birth weight; Low income; Preschoolers; Risk factors; Stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEGRO; PERSONALITY TEST; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846102174     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.208     Document Type: Article

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