Task-related interactions between kindergarten children and their teachers: the role of emotional security

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-197

  Thijs, Jochem T ^a   Koomen, Helma M Y ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotional security; Kindergartners; Social inhibition; Task behaviours; Teachers' support

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449100384     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.552     Document Type: Article

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