Sustained attention and social competence in typically developing preschool-aged children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-149

  Bennett Murphy, Laura M ^a   Laurie Rose, Cynthia ^a   Brinkman, Tara M ^b   Mcnamara, Kelly A ^c  

^a OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Preschool; Social competence; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948952263     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430500349559     Document Type: Article

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