Temperament, Selected Moderating Variables and Early Reading Achievement

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-232

  Newman, Joan ^d   Noel, Andrea ^a   Chen, Rusan ^b   Matsopoulos, Anastassios S ^c  

^a MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The College of Saint Rose   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth curve analysis; Reading; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001303465     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4405(98)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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