Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction During Early Childhood: Contributions of Parental and Child Personality Traits

Journal of Personality

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1313-1338

  Wilson, Sylia ^a   Durbin, C Emily ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84866763112     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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