Peas in a Pod: Biases in the Measurement of Sibling Temperament?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1354-1368

  Majdandžić, Mirjana ^a   van den Boom, Dymphna C ^a   Heesbeen, Daniella G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assimilation effects; contrast effects; observations; siblings; temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 54849415026     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013064     Document Type: Article

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