Emergent self-regulation skills among very young ethnic minority children: A confirmatory factor model

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 839-855

  Caughy, Margaret O'Brien ^a   Mills, Britain ^a   Owen, Margaret Tresch ^b   Hurst, Jamie R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Executive function; Factor models; Latinos; Preschoolers; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR MODELS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LATINOS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCHOOLERS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF-REGULATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR MODELS; LATINOS; PRESCHOOLERS; SELF-REGULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84884544501     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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