Infant temperamental reactivity, maternal and grandparental sensitivity: Differential susceptibility for behavior problems in China

Early Human Development

Volumn 101, Issue , 2016, Pages 99-105

  Xing, Shufen ^a   Zhou, Quan ^b   Archer, Marc ^c   Yue, Jianhong ^a   Wang, Zhengyan ^a  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Differential susceptibility; Grandmaternal sensitivity; Grandparental sensitivity; Maternal sensitivity; Temperamental reactivity

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CHINA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPERAMENT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; FEMALE; GRANDPARENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84985994989     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2016.08.014     Document Type: Article

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