Social-emotional competencies make the grade: Predicting academic success in early adolescence

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 138-147

  Oberle, Eva ^a   Schonert Reichl, Kimberly A ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic success; Early adolescence; Social and emotional competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901633516     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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