Attachment, temperament, and preschool children's peer acceptance

Social Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 379-397

  Szewczyk Sokolowski, Margaret ^a   Bost, Kelly K ^a   Wainwright, Ada B ^b  

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

^b Oakton Community College and College of DuPage   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Peer relations; Preschool children; Social behavior; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844547681     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00307.x     Document Type: Review

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