Linking maternal warmth and responsiveness to children's self-regulation

Social Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 486-503

  von Suchodoletz, Antje ^a   Trommsdorff, Gisela ^a   Heikamp, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children's self regulation; Positive parenting; Responsiveness; Warmth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960454501     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2010.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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