Behavioral self-regulation and relations to emergent academic skills among children in Germany and Iceland

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-73

  von Suchodoletz, Antje ^a   Gestsdottir, Steinunn ^b   Wanless, Shannon B ^c   McClelland, Megan M ^d   Birgisdottir, Freyja ^b   Gunzenhauser, Catherine ^a   Ragnarsdottir, Hrafnhildur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Behavioral self regulation; Early childhood; Europe; Head Toes Knees Shoulders Task (HTKS); School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870012928     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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