Social information processing in preschool children: Relations to sociodemographic risk and problem behavior

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412-429

  Ziv, Yair ^a   Sorongon, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Child and Family Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Preschool; Problem behavior; Social cognition; Social information processing; Sociodemographic risk

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGGRESSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955466187     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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