Three Types of Shyness in Chinese Children and the Relation to Effortful Control

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1061-1073

  Xu, Yiyuan ^a   Farver, Jo Ann M ^b   Yu, Lidong ^c   Zhang, Zengxiu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

culture; effortful control; shyness

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CUES; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SHYNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 72949118844     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016576     Document Type: Article

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