Cross-cultural temperamental differences in infants, children, and adults in the United States of America and Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-128

  Gaias, Larissa M ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^b   Komsi, Niina ^b   Gartstein, Maria A ^c   Fisher, Philip A ^d   Putnam, Samuel P ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Cross cultural; Finland; Infants; Temperament; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858639687     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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