Working memory and social functioning in children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 422-435

  McQuade, Julia D ^a   Murray Close, Dianna ^b   Shoulberg, Erin K ^b   Hoza, Betsy ^b  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Peer rejection; Physical aggression; Relational aggression; Social impairment; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 84877317345     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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