The significance of childhood competence and problems for adult success in work: A developmental cascade analysis

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 679-694

  Masten, Ann S ^a   Desjardins, Christopher David ^a   McCormick, Christopher M ^a   Kuo, Sally I Chun ^a   Long, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77957068231     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579410000362     Document Type: Article

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