Multidimensional assessment of emotional and behavioral adjustment problems of low-income preschool children: Development and initial validation

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 338-355

  Lutz, Megan Noone ^a   Fantuzzo, John ^a   McDermott, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral adjustment; Multidimensional assessment; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036387916     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(02)00168-0     Document Type: Article

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