Associations between early childhood temperament clusters and later psychosocial adjustment

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-54

  Sanson, Ann ^a   Letcher, Primrose ^a   Smart, Diana ^b   Prior, Margot ^a   Toumbourou, John W ^c   Oberklaid, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF FAMILY STUDIES   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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