Family rearing antecedents of pubertal timing

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1302-1321

  Belsky, Jay ^a   Steinberg, Laurence D ^b   Houts, Renate M ^c   Friedman, Sarah L ^d   Dehart, Ganie ^e   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^f   Roisman, Glenn I ^g   Halpern Felsher, Bonnie L ^h   Susman, Elisabeth ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d CNA CORPORATION   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENARCHE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PUBERTY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 34547201028     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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