Class climate moderates peer relations and emotional adjustment in children with an early history of anxious solitude: A child × Environment model

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1179-1192

  Gazelle, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Classroom climate; Emotional adjustment; Peer relations; Shyness; Social anxiety; Social withdrawal; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33750697315     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.6.1179     Document Type: Article

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