Longitudinal pathways to competence and psychological adjustment among African American children living in rural single-parent households

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1505-1516

  Brody, Gene H ^a   Murry, Velma McBride ^a   Kim, Sooyeon ^b   Brown, Anita C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0036728514     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00486     Document Type: Article

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