Social Competence in Late Elementary School: Relationships to Parenting and Neighborhood Context

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1613-1627

  Caughy, Margaret O'Brien ^a   Franzini, Luisa ^a   Windle, Michael ^b   Dittus, Patricia ^c   Cuccaro, Paula ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^d   Schuster, Mark A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle childhood; Neighborhoods; Parenting; Social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869088835     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9779-2     Document Type: Article

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