The Emotionality Activity Sociability Temperament Survey: Factor analysis and temporal stability in a longitudinal cohort

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 628-633

  Bould, Helen ^a   Joinson, Carol ^a   Sterne, Jonathan ^a   Araya, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Children; EAS; Emotionality Activity Sociability Temperament Survey; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871800221     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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