Inhibited and Aggressive Preschool Children at 23 Years of Age: Personality and Social Transitions into Adulthood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 997-1011

  Asendorpf, Jens B ^a   Denissen, Jaap J A ^b   van Aken, Marcel A G ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aggressiveness; inhibition; longitudinal study; shyness; social relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FRIEND; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; Q-SORT; SELF CONCEPT; SHYNESS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 47249107457     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.997     Document Type: Article

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