Longitudinal relations among parents' reactions to children's negative emotions, effortful control, and math achievement in early elementary school

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1932-1947

  Swanson, Jodi ^a   Valiente, Carlos ^a   Lemery Chalfant, Kathryn ^a   Bradley, Robert H ^a   Eggum Wilkens, Natalie D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS;

EID: 84907879579     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12260     Document Type: Article

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