Social organization in preschool classrooms: Social sets as social units

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-55

  Vespo, Jo Ellen ^b   Kerns, Kathryn A ^c   O'Connor, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Networks; Peers; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030076286     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407596131003     Document Type: Article

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