Developmental trajectories of social skills during early childhood and links to parenting practices in a Japanese sample

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Takahashi, Yusuke ^a   Okada, Kensuke ^b   Hoshino, Takahiro ^c   Anme, Tokie ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COOPERATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUNISHMENT; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; JAPAN;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PARENTING; SOCIAL SKILLS;

EID: 84942885169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135357     Document Type: Article

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