Kindergarten children's emotion competence as a predictor of their academic competence in first grade

Emotion

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-88

  Trentacosta, Christopher J ^a,b,c   Izard, Carroll E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Clinical Psychology Intern   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic competence; Attention; Elementary school; Emotion knowledge; Emotion regulation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RATING SCALE; STUDENT; TEACHER; URBAN AREA;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33947224135     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.7.1.77     Document Type: Article

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