The structure of effortful control in preschoolers and its relation to externalizing problems

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 612-634

  Gusdorf, Lisette M A ^a   Karreman, Annemiek ^a   van Aken, Marcel A G ^a   Deković, Maja ^a   van Tuijl, Cathy ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 80051751996     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151010X526542     Document Type: Article

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