Exuberant and inhibited toddlers: Stability of temperament and risk for problem behavior

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 401-421

  Stifter, Cynthia A ^a   Putnam, Samuel ^b   Jahromi, Laudan ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERAMENT; TODDLER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AROUSAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RISK FACTORS; SHYNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 42549121786     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579408000199     Document Type: Article

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