The relationships among social cognition, peer acceptance, and social behavior in Israeli kindergarteners

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-147

  Diesendruck, Gil ^a   Ben Eliyahu, Adar ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACULTY STUDENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; PEER GROUP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHER;

EID: 33645548579     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025406063628     Document Type: Article

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