Temperamental influences on psychosocial adjustment: From infancy to adolescence

Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 7-38

  Sanson, Ann ^a   Prior, Margot ^a   Smart, Diana ^a   Oberklaid, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

adjustment; behaviour problems; longitudinal; psychosocial; temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007253126     PISSN: 08165122     EISSN: 18392504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0816512200027929     Document Type: Article

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