Social stratification, classroom climate, and the behavioral adaptation of kindergarten children

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages 17168-17173

  Boyce, W Thomas ^a   Obradović, Jelena ^b   Bush, Nicole R ^c   Stamperdahl, Juliet ^d   Kim, Young Shin ^e   Adler, Nancy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Mental health; Social dominance; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84872232838     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201730109     Document Type: Article

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