Weathering the preschool environment: Affect moderates the relations between meteorology and preschool behaviors

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 379-394

  Lagacé Séguin, Daniel G ^a   d'Entremont, Marc Robert L ^a  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meteorological effects; Preschool behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751642035     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443042000270777     Document Type: Article

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