The Social Ecology of Early Childhood: Preschool Social Support Networks and Social Acceptance

Social Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 292-306

  Franco, Nathalie ^a   Levitt, Mary J ^b  

^a BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Peer acceptance; Preschool; Social support networks; Teacher child relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031461162     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.1997.tb00107.x     Document Type: Article

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