Family-school connectedness and children's early social development

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-46

  Serpell, Zewelanji N ^a   Mashburn, Andrew J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk youth; Parent teacher relations; Preschool; Social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856041883     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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