Contexts as Moderators of Observed Interactions: A study of Costa Rican Mothers and Infants from Differing Socioeconomic Backgrounds

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-34

  Leyendecker, Birgit ^a   Lamb, Michael E ^a   Schölmerich, Axel ^a   Fricke, Delia Miranda ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH RATE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FIRST BIRTH; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; JUVENILE; MOTHER; NORTH AMERICA; PARENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY HISTORY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FIRST BIRTH; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LATIN AMERICA; MOTHERS; NORTH AMERICA; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY HISTORY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH RATE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FERTILITY; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LATIN AMERICA; MOTHERS; NORTH AMERICA; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031082271     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016502597384965     Document Type: Article

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