The associations of emotion knowledge and teacher-child relationships to preschool children's school-related developmental competence

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-100

  Garner, Pamela W ^a   Waajid, Badiyyah ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion knowledge; Emotional competence; Preschoolers; School competence; Teacher child relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 39949083398     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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