Reactive and regulative temperament in youths: Psychometric evaluation of the early adolescent temperament questionnaire-revised

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-19

  Muris, Peter ^a   Meesters, Cor ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Early adolescent temperament questionnaire revised; Psychometrics; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849116673     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-008-9089-x     Document Type: Article

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