Stability of laboratory-assessed temperamental emotionality traits from ages 3 to 7

Emotion

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 388-399

  Durbin, C Emily ^a   Hayden, Elizabeth P ^b   Klein, Daniel N ^c   Olino, Thomas M ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ages 3 to 7; Emotion; Emotionality traits; Stability of traits; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERAMENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 34249015638     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.7.2.388     Document Type: Article

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