The association between preschool children's social functioning and their emergent academic skills

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 376-386

  Arnold, David H ^a   Kupersmidt, Janis B ^b,c   Voegler Lee, Mary Ellen ^b,c   Marshall, Nastassja A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Innovation Research and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic development; Behavior problems; Preschool; Social development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864000760     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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