The effects of poverty on children's socioemotional development: An ecological systems analysis

Social Work

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 256-266

  Eamon, Mary Keegan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Ecological systems; Poverty; Socioemotional development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0035408686     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/46.3.256     Document Type: Article

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