Implications of different methods for specifying classroom composition of externalizing behavior and its relationship to social-emotional outcomes

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 682-691

  Yudron, Monica ^a   Jones, Stephanie M ^a   Raver, C Cybele ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom context; Externalizing behavior; Head Start; Intervention; Methodology; Social emotional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927131731     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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