Two-to-three-year-old children's interactions with peers in child-care centres: Effects of spatial distance to caregivers

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-125

  Legendre, Alain ^a   Munchenbach, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Child care centres; Child caregiver relation; Environment; Peer interactions; Spatial proximity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; CAREGIVERS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 79451470442     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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