The Relations of Temperamental Effortful Control and Anger/Frustration to Chinese Children's Academic Achievement and Social Adjustment: A Longitudinal Study

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 180-196

  Zhou, Qing ^a   Main, Alexandra ^a   Wang, Yun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

academic achievement; Chinese children; temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249173810     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015908     Document Type: Article

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