Hyperactivity, shyness, and sex: Development and socio-emotional functioning

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 625-648

  Rydell, Ann Margret ^a   Diamantopoulou, Sofia ^a   Thorell, Lisa B ^a   Bohlin, Gunilla ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHYNESS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 74049138209     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151008X346996     Document Type: Article

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