Developmental Trajectories in Toddlers' Self-Restraint Predict Individual Differences in Executive Functions 14 Years Later: A Behavioral Genetic Analysis

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1410-1430

  Friedman, Naomi P ^a   Miyake, Akira ^a   Robinson, JoAnn L ^b   Hewitt, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Effortful control; Executive attention; Flexibility; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 80052844560     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023750     Document Type: Article

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