Focused attention in toddlers: Measurement, stability, and relations to negative emotion and parenting

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 339-363

  Gaertner, Bridget M ^a   Spinrad, Tracy L ^a   Eisenberg, Nancy ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Negative emotion; Parenting; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449103590     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.580     Document Type: Article

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