Kindergartners' Temperament, Classroom Engagement, and Student-teacher Relationship: Moderation by Effortful Control

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 558-576

  Valiente, Carlos ^a   Swanson, Jodi ^a   Lemery Chalfant, Kathryn ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engagement; Student teacher relationship; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863991497     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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