Hierarchical models of social competence in preschool children: A multisite, multinational study

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1775-1796

  Vaughn, Brian E ^a   Shin, Nana ^a   Kim, Mina ^a   Coppola, Gabrielle ^a   Krzysik, Lisa ^a   Santos, António J ^b   Peceguina, Inês ^b   Daniel, João R ^b   Veríssimo, Manuela ^b   Devries, Anthon ^c   Elphick, Eric ^c   Ballentina, Xiomara ^c   Bost, Kelly K ^d   Newell, Wanda Y ^e   Miller, Ellaine B ^a   Blake Snider, J ^a   Korth, Byran ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Unidade de Investigação em Psicologia Cognitiva Do

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^e ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; Q-SORT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 72449174281     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01367.x     Document Type: Article

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