Language skills in low-SES rural Appalachian children: Normative development and individual differences, infancy to preschool

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 539-565

  Fish, Margaret ^a   Pinkerman, Brenda ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian children; Language skills; Low SES

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE;

EID: 0037221223     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-3973(02)00141-7     Document Type: Article

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