What Is Temperament Now? Assessing Progress Temperament Research on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Goldsmith et al.

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 436-444

  Shiner, Rebecca L ^a   Buss, KristA ^b   Mcclowry, Sandee G ^c   Putnam, Samuel P ^d   Saudino, Kimberly J ^e   Zentner, Marcel ^f  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood development; Environmental effects; Genes; Personality traits; Temperament change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869227889     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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