Younger children's changing self-concepts: Boys and girls from preschool through second grade

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-308

  Mantzicopoulos, Panayota ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pictorial scale of perceived competence and social acceptance; Self concept; Young children

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33847049077     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GNTP.167.3.289-308     Document Type: Article

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