Success at Catching and Keeping Toddler's Attention: An Examination of Joint Attention among Low-Income Mothers and Their 2-Year-Olds

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 225-236

  Raver, C Cybele ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Parenting; Resilience; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008635155     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0917(199612)5:4<225::aid-edp135>3.0.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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