Teacher-child relationships and children's externalizing behaviors in Head Start

NHSA Dialog

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-167

  Vick Whittaker, Jessica E ^a   Harden, Brenda Jones ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Childcare daycare; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960527016     PISSN: 15240754     EISSN: 19309325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15240754.2010.492359     Document Type: Article

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