Specifying social structures in preschool classrooms: Descriptive and functional distinctions between affiliative subgroups

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-113

  Santos, António J ^a   Vaughn, Brian E ^b   Bost, Kelly K ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliative structure; Peer relations; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849121437     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-008-0047-0     Document Type: Article

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