Associations among Context-specific Maternal Protective Behavior, Toddlers' Fearful Temperament, and Maternal Accuracy and Goals

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 742-760

  Kiel, Elizabeth J ^a   Buss, Kristin A ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parents parenting; Temperament; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867445492     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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