Transactional development of parent personality and child temperament

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 553-573

  Komsi, Niina ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Heinonen, Kati ^a   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Keskivaara, Pertti ^a   Järvenpää, Anna Liisa ^a   Strandberg, Timo E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Development of personality; Multilevel analysis; Personality change; Temperament; Transactional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949115067     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.690     Document Type: Article

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