A cross-sectional study of onset, cessation, frequency, and duration of children's temper tantrums in a nonclinical sample

Psychological Reports

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 448-454

  Österman, Karin ^a   Björkqvist, Kaj ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPERAMENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952968408     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.106.2.448-454     Document Type: Article

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