Relations among Parenting, Child Behavioral Regulation and Early Competencies: A Study on Chinese Preschoolers.
As an important aspect of self-regulation, behavioral regulation contributes to young children’s academic and social-emotional outcomes. In this study, we examined the relations between young Chinese children’s behavioral regulation and their mathematics competence, language skills, and behavior pro...
| Published in: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 639 - 653 |
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Feb2018
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