Maternal Attitudes and Knowledge of Child-Rearing: Associations with Family and Child Outcomes

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1186-1205

  Benasich, April Ann ^a,c   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD REARING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030167301     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01790.x     Document Type: Article

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