Web-based assessment of children’s social-emotional comprehension

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 322-338

  McKown, Clark ^a   Russo Ponsaran, Nicole M ^a   Johnson, Jason K ^a   Russo, Jaclyn ^a   Allen, Adelaide ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child assessment; Emotion recognition; Perspective taking; Self control; Social problem solving; Social emotional learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978766444     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: 15575144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282915604564     Document Type: Article

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