Parenting of divorced mothers as a link between social status and boys' academic outcomes: Unpacking the effects of socioeconomic status

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1231-1245

  DeGarmo, David S ^a   Forgatch, Marion S ^b   Martinez Jr , Charles R ^b  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033194036     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00089     Document Type: Article

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