"No-o-o-o Peeking": Preschoolers' executive control, social competence, and classroom adjustment

Journal of Research in Childhood Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 212-225

  Denham, Susanne A ^a   Bassett, Hideko H ^a   Sirotkin, Yana S ^a   Brown, Chavaughn ^a   Morris, Carol S ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom adjustment; executive control; social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926468912     PISSN: 02568543     EISSN: 21502641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02568543.2015.1008659     Document Type: Article

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