Children's shyness, popularity, school liking, cooperative participation, and internalizing problems in the early school years

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-94

  Eggum Wilkens, Natalie D ^a   Valiente, Carlos ^a   Swanson, Jodi ^a   Lemery Chalfant, Kathryn ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative participation; Internalizing; Popularity; School liking; Shyness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961288979     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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