Stress and the development of self-regulation in context

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-188

  Blair, Clancy ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty; Self regulation; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449238419     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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