Can classroom emotional support enhance prosocial development among children with depressed caregivers?

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 282-290

  Johnson, Stacy R ^a   Seidenfeld, Adina M ^a   Izard, Carroll E ^a   Kobak, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver depression; Emotional support; Head Start; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873827161     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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