Emerging effortful control in toddlerhood: The role of infant orienting/regulation, maternal effortful control, and maternal time spent in caregiving activities

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 189-199

  Bridgett, David J ^a   Gartstein, Maria A ^b   Putnam, Samuel P ^c   Lance, Kate Oddi ^a   Iddins, Erin ^b   Waits, Robin ^b   Vanvleet, Jessica ^b   Lee, Lindsay ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effortful control; Infancy; Latent growth modeling; Mothers; Parent child relationship; Regulation; Temperament; Toddler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPERAMENT; TODDLER;

ADULT; AGING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; ORIENTATION; PARENTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 79451473829     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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