Temperament dimensions in stuttering and typically developing children

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-372

  Eggers, Kurt ^a,b   De Nil, Luc F ^b,c   Bergh, Bea R H Van den ^b,d,e  

^a Lessius University College   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Department of Welfare Public Health and Family Flemish Community ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children's Behavior Questionnaire; Normal speech; Stuttering; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDREN BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; STUTTERING; TEMPERAMENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 78649901908     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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