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Self-regulatory processes in early personality development: A multilevel approach to the study of childhood social withdrawal and aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2002

SUSAN D. CALKINS  and
NATHAN A. FOX
SUSAN D. CALKINS
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
NATHAN A. FOX
Affiliation:
University of Maryland
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Self-regulatory processes are believed to be critical to early personality and behavioral adjustment. Such processes can be observed on multiple levels, including the physiological, attentional, emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal domains of functioning. Data from several longitudinal studies suggest links between early temperamental tendencies such as behavioral inhibition and frustration tolerance, and regulatory developments at the levels of physiological, attentional, and emotional regulation. Deficits in these particular levels of self-regulation may underlie childhood social withdrawal and aggression. Significant gaps remain in our knowledge of the pathways to disordered behavior and the role that self-regulation plays in such pathways. Suggestions are made for the ways in which future longitudinal studies might address these gaps.

Type
Research Article
Information
Development and Psychopathology , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 2002 , pp. 477 - 498
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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