Biological processes in prevention and intervention: The promotion of self-regulation as a means of preventing school failure

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 899-911

  Blair, Clancy ^a   Diamond, Adele ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 48949116386     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579408000436     Document Type: Article

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