Temperament styles of children from Australia and the United States

Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 35-51

  Oakland, Thomas ^a   Faulkner, Michael ^b   Bassett, Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Cross cultural; Cross national; Student Styles Questionnaire; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993744337     PISSN: 08165122     EISSN: 18392504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S081651220002928X     Document Type: Article

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