Student-teacher relationships matter: Moderating influences between temperament and preschool social competence

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 553-567

  Griggs, Marissa Swaim ^a   Gagnon, Sandra Glover ^b   Huelsman, Timothy J ^b   Kidder Ashley, Pamela ^b   Ballard, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68049137422     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20397     Document Type: Article

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