An Investigation of Classroom Situational Dimensions of Emotional and Behavioral Adjustment and Cognitive and Social Outcomes for Head Start Children

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-154

  Bulotsky Shearer, Rebecca J ^a   Fantuzzo, John W ^b   McDermott, Paul A ^b  

^a ERIKSON INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom context; cognitive and social outcomes; developmental ecological model; Head Start; preschool emotional and behavioral adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38749105075     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.139     Document Type: Article

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