Nonmaternal Care in Infancy and Emotional/Behavioral Difficulties at 4 Years Old: Moderation by Family Risk Characteristics

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-168

  Côté, Sylvana M ^a   Borge, Anne I ^b   Geoffroy, Marie Claude ^a   Rutter, Michael ^c   Tremblay, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child care; emotional problems; infancy; physical aggression; temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ALGORITHMS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 38549177088     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.155     Document Type: Article

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