Differences between school classes in preschoolers' psychosocial adjustment: Evidence for the importance of children's interpersonal relations

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 417-430

  Van Den Oord, Edwin J C G ^a   Rispens, Jan ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Group processes; Psychosocial adjustment; School effects; Sociometry

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHER; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

EID: 0032974199     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002196309800359X     Document Type: Article

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