Teacher-child relationships and social competence: A two-year longitudinal study of Chinese preschoolers

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 125-135

  Zhang, Xiao ^a,b,c   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^c  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chinese children; Cross system generalization; Home; School; Social competence; Teacher child relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863206369     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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