Social-Emotional Effects of Early Childhood Education Programs in Tulsa

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2095-2109

  Gormley Jr , William T ^a   Phillips, Deborah A ^a   Newmark, Katie ^b   Welti, Kate ^c   Adelstein, Shirley ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cesar Chavez Prep School   (United States)

^c CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 81355154769     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01648.x     Document Type: Article

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