Relations of Growth in Effortful Control to Family Income, Cumulative Risk, and Adjustment in Preschool-age Children

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 705-720

  Lengua, Liliana J ^a   Moran, Lyndsey ^a   Zalewski, Maureen ^b   Ruberry, Erika ^a   Kiff, Cara ^c   Thompson, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic readiness; Adjustment problems; Cumulative risk; Effortful control; Income; Social competence

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; DELAY DISCOUNTING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAY DISCOUNTING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; RISK; SELF-CONTROL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SKILLS;

EID: 84908530216     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9941-2     Document Type: Article

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