Longitudinal relations among maternal behaviors, effortful control and young children's committed compliance

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 552-566

  Spinrad, Tracy L ^a   Eisenberg, Nancy ^a   Silva, Kassondra M ^a   Eggum, Natalie D ^a   Reiser, Mark ^a   Edwards, Alison ^a   Iyer, Roopa ^a   Kupfer, Anne S ^a   Hofer, Claire ^a   Smith, Cynthia L ^a   Hayashi, Akiko ^a   Gaertner, Bridget M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Committed compliance; Effortful control; Impulsivity; Maternal responsiveness; Regulation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROL; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84863004531     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025898     Document Type: Article

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