Children's conscience during toddler and preschool years, moral self, and a competent, adaptive developmental trajectory

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1320-1332

  Kochanska, Grazyna ^a   Koenig, Jamie L ^a   Barry, Robin A ^a   Kim, Sanghag ^b   Yoon, Jeung Eun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Competence; Early conscience; Longitudinal studies; Moral self

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MORALS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77956746793     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020381     Document Type: Article

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