Refining the Preschool Self-regulation Assessment for Use in Preschool Classrooms

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 596-616

  Bassett, Hideko Hamada ^a   Denham, Susanne ^a   Wyatt, Todd M ^a   Warren Khot, Heather Kiernan ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84869092600     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1763     Document Type: Article

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