Trajectories of behavioral regulation for Taiwanese children from 3.5 to 6 years and relations to math and vocabulary outcomes

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 104-114

  Wanless, S B ^a   Kim, K H ^a   Zhang, C ^a   Degol, J L ^a   Chen, J L ^b   Chen, F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavioral regulation; Developmental trajectories; Person centered; School readiness; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945114876     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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