Exploring seven- to eight-year-olds' use of self-talk strategies

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 847-856

  Lee, Scott Weng Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Creative problem solving; Dispositions; Self talk; Socio emotional competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956079545     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2010.494253     Document Type: Article

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