Timing, extent, and type of child care and children's behavioral functioning in kindergarten

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1859-1873

  Coley, Rebekah Levine ^a   Votruba Drzal, Elizabeth ^b   Miller, Portia L ^b   Koury, Amanda ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Child care; Early childhood education; Externalizing; Preschool

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884921733     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031251     Document Type: Article

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