Growth and Change in Attention Problems, Disruptive Behavior, and Achievement From Kindergarten to Fifth Grade

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2241-2251

  Claessens, Amy ^a   Dowsett, Chantelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement; classroom attention problems; disruptive behavior; elementary school; piecewise HLM

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 84918821521     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614554265     Document Type: Article

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