The influence of context, timing, and duration of risk experiences for the passage from childhood to midadulthood

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1486-1504

  Schoon, Ingrid ^a   Bynner, John ^b   Joshi, Heather ^b   Parsons, Samantha ^b   Wiggins, Richard D ^c   Sacker, Amanda ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Education   (United States)

^c City University   (United States)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME;

EID: 0036728390     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00485     Document Type: Article

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