Strengthening Social and Emotional competence in Young Children Who Are Socioeconomically Disadvantaged – Preschool and Kindergarten School-Based Curricula (Chapter 9)
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS), a nationally representative sample of more than 22,000 kindergarten children, suggests that exposure to multiple poverty-related risks increases the odds that children who are socioeconomically disadvantages will demonstrate less social and emotional competence and more behavior problems than more economically advantaged children.
Year: 2008
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