Inhibitory processes in toddlers: A latent-variable approach

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Gandolfi, Elena ^a   Viterbori, Paola ^a   Traverso, Laura ^a   Carmen Usai, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Early childhood; Executive functions; Inhibitory processes; Latent structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899698925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00381     Document Type: Article

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