Positive and protective: Effects of early theory of mind on problem behaviors in at-risk preschoolers

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1025-1032

  Hughes, Claire ^a   Ensor, Rosie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Longitudinal; Parenting; Problem behaviors; Resilience; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; ROLE PLAYING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34948846081     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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