Early-but modest-gender differences in focal aspects of childhood temperament

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-100

  Gagne, Jeffrey R ^a   Miller, Michele M ^b   Goldsmith, H Hill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Early childhood; Gender; Laboratory ratings; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876794975     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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