Socioeconomic status and child development

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2002, Pages 371-399

  Bradley, Robert H ^a   Corwyn, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Adjustment; Child well being; Poverty; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036414219     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135233     Document Type: Article

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