Studying mother-infant interaction: The effects of context and length of observation in two subcultural groups

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-337

  Leyendecker, Birgit ^b   Lamb, Michael E ^a   Schölmerich, Axel ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

3 month olds; Class differences; Context effects; Cultural differences; Hispanic Americans; Mother infant interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031185306     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(97)90004-7     Document Type: Article

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