Self-Regulation and Its Relations to Adaptive Functioning in Low Income Youths

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-30

  Buckner, John C ^a   Mezzacappa, Enrico ^a   Beardslee, William R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

children; coping; executive function; low income; poverty; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 64649083557     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014796     Document Type: Article

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