Early Nonparental Care and Social Behavior in Elementary School: Support for a Social Group Adaptation Hypothesis

Child Development

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1469-1488

  Pingault, Jean Baptiste ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^b,c   Vitaro, Frank ^c   Japel, Christa ^d   Boivin, Michel ^e,f   Côté, Sylvana M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUEBEC; REGISTER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; QUEBEC; REGISTRIES; SHYNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84941247962     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12399     Document Type: Article

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