Caregiver-parent relations in daycare: Testing the buffer hypothesis

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Shpancer, Noam ^a  

^a OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Daycare; Parent; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010739357     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443991560101     Document Type: Article

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