Continuity of father-rated temperament from infancy to middle childhood

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-254

  Komsi, Niina ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Heinonen, Kati ^a   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Keskivaara, Pertti ^a   Järvenpää, Anna Liisa ^a   Strandberg, Timo E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child; Continuity; Father ratings; Infant; Parent ratings; Temperament

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXTRAVERSION; FATHER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TEMPERAMENT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 40649102939     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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