Genetic relations between effortful and attentional control and symptoms of psychopathology in middle childhood

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 365-385

  Lemery Chalfant, Kathryn ^a   Doelger, Lisa ^a   Goldsmith, H Hill ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Effortful control; Externalizing; Genetic; Internalizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449104761     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.581     Document Type: Article

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