A longitudinal intergenerational analysis of executive functions during early childhood

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-64

  Cuevas, Kimberly ^a   Deater Deckard, Kirby ^b   Kim Spoon, Jungmeen ^b   Wang, Zhe ^b   Morasch, Katherine C ^b   Bell, Martha Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894287465     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12021     Document Type: Article

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