The relations among child negative interactive behavior, child temperament, and maternal behavior

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 366-377

  Szabó, Nóra ^a   Deković, Maja ^a   van Aken, Chantal ^a   Verhoeven, Marjolein ^b   van Aken, Marcel A G ^a   Junger, Marianne ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity level; Child negative interactive behavior; Frustration; Maternal intrusiveness; Maternal sensitivity; Soothability

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349110691     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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