Differential Susceptibility to Parenting in Middle Childhood: Do Impulsivity, Effortful Control and Negative Emotionality Indicate Susceptibility or Vulnerability?

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 302-324

  Slagt, Meike ^a   Semon Dubas, Judith ^a   van Aken, Marcel A G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

diathesis stress; differential susceptibility; middle childhood; parenting; temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940063133     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1929     Document Type: Article

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