Relations of children's effortful control and teacher-child relationship quality to school attitudes in a low-income sample

Early Education and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 434-460

  Silva, Kassondra M ^a   Spinrad, Tracy L ^a   Eisenberg, Nancy ^a   Sulik, Michael J ^a   Valiente, Carlos ^a   Huerta, Snjezana ^a   Edwards, Alison ^a   Eggum, Natalie D ^b   Kupfer, Anne S ^a   Lonigan, Christopher J ^b   Phillips, Beth M ^b   Wilson, Shauna B ^b   Clancy Menchetti, Jeanine ^c   Landry, Susan H ^d   Swank, Paul R ^d   Assel, Michael A ^d   Taylor, Heather B ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d Center at Houston School Readiness Consortium   (United States)

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EID: 79958141536     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2011.578046     Document Type: Article

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