Executive functioning and school adjustment: The mediational role of pre-kindergarten learning-related behaviors

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 70-79

  Sasser, Tyler R ^a   Bierman, Karen L ^a   Heinrichs, Brenda ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Learning related behaviors; Pre kindergarten; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928948787     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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