Defining the developmental parameters of temper loss in early childhood: Implications for developmental psychopathology

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1099-1108

  Wakschlag, Lauren S ^a   Choi, Seung W ^a   Carter, Alice S ^b   Hullsiek, Heide ^c   Burns, James ^a   McCarthy, Kimberly ^c   Leibenluft, Ellen ^d   Briggs Gowan, Margaret J ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental psychopathology; dimensional; disruptive behavior; preschool psychopathology; temper tantrums

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84867579551     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02595.x     Document Type: Article

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