Early Life Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences and School Readiness Among Preschoolers with Disruptive Behaviors.
This study explored the associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and functioning across several school readiness domains among preschoolers with disruptive behavior problems. The sample included 115 children (M= 5.18, 67.8% male; 32.2% female) from a large, urban, high-poverty commu...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 33; no. 9; pp. 3020 - 3035 |
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