Effortful control as a moderator of the relation between contextual risk factors and growth in adjustment problems

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 509-528

  Lengua, Liliana J ^a   Bush, Nicole R ^a   Long, Anna C ^a   Kovacs, Erica A ^a   Trancik, Anika M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT PARENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD GROWTH; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 42549130575     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579408000254     Document Type: Article

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