The Role of Classroom Quality in Ameliorating the Academic and Social Risks Associated With Difficult Temperament

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-188

  Curby, Timothy W ^a   Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz ^b   Edwards, Taylor ^a   Pérez Edgar, Koraly ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom quality; Difficult temperament; First grade

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959338467     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023042     Document Type: Article

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