Promoting Children’s and Adolescents’ Social and Emotional Development: District Adaptations of a Theory of Action

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 797-811

  Kendziora, Kimberly ^a   Osher, David ^a  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ALGORITHM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS;

EID: 84986237586     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1197834     Document Type: Article

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