Child characteristics and family processes that predict behavioral readiness for school

Disparities in School Readiness: How Families Contribute to Transitions into School

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 223-258

  Campbell, Susan B ^a   von Stauffenberg, Camilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809754     Document Type: Chapter

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