Thinking about the future because of the past: Young children's knowledge about the causes of worry and preventative decisions

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1492-1509

  Lagattuta, Kristin Hansen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Mind and Brain ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THINKING; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; THINKING; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34648837002     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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