Early temperament prospectively predicts anxiety in later childhood

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 320-330

  Grant, Valerie V ^a   Bagnell, Alexa L ^a,b   Chambers, Christine T ^a   Stewart, Sherry H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavioural inhibition; Fearful distress; Fussy difficult; Irritable distress; Population; Temperament; Unadaptable

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 66349137442     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370905400506     Document Type: Article

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