The interaction between negative emotionality and effortful control in early social-emotional development

Social Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 340-362

  Moran, Lyndsey R ^a   Lengua, Liliana J ^a   Zalewski, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Internalizing externalizing; Self regulation; Social competence; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876408027     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12025     Document Type: Article

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