Relations of effortful control, reactive undercontrol, and anger to Chinese children's adjustment

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 385-409

  Eisenberg, Nancy ^a   Ma, Yue ^a   Chang, Lei ^b   Zhou, Qing ^a   West, Stephen G ^a   Aiken, Leona ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHINESE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; TEACHER;

ANGER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 34247633624     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579407070198     Document Type: Article

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