Review of measures of social and emotional development

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-18

  Halle, Tamara G ^a   Darling Churchill, Kristen E ^a  

^a Child Trends   (United States)

Author keywords

Competencies; Early childhood; Measurement; Psychometrics; Social and emotional development; Subdomains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959869795     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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