Temperament and Externalizing Behavior: Social Preference and Perceived Acceptance as Protective Factors

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 957-968

  Berdan, Louise E ^a   Keane, Susan P ^a   Calkins, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

externalizing; peer acceptance; Surgency Extraversion; temperament

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; TEMPERAMENT;

AGGRESSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 47249114536     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.957     Document Type: Article

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