A cross-cultural investigation of inhibitory control, generative fluency, and anxiety symptoms in Romanian and Russian preschoolers

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-149

  Cheie, Lavinia ^a   Veraksa, Aleksander ^b   Zinchenko, Yuri ^b   Gorovaya, Alexandra ^b   Visu Petra, Laura ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cross cultural; Developmental neuropsychology; Fluency; Inhibition; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URBAN POPULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROMANIA; RUSSIA; URBAN POPULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84919666271     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2013.879111     Document Type: Article

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