Night and day: Are siblings as different in temperament as parents say they are?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 698-706

  Saudino, Kimberly J ^a   Wertz, Annie E ^a,b   Gagne, Jeffrey R ^a   Chawla, Sonia ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHYNESS; SIBLINGS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 8744224209     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.5.698     Document Type: Article

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