Children's social and scholastic lives in kindergarten: Related spheres of influence?

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1373-1400

  Ladd, Gary W ^a   Birch, Sondra H ^a   Buhs, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033220493     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00101     Document Type: Article

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