Planning in middle childhood: Early predictors and later outcomes

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1446-1460

  Friedman, Sarah L ^a   Scholnick, Ellin K ^b   Bender, Randall H ^c   Vandergrift, Nathan ^d   Spieker, Susan ^e   Hirsh Pasek, Kathy ^f   Keating, Daniel P ^g   Park, Yoonjung ^h  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c EVIDERA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; READING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904295367     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12221     Document Type: Article

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