The performance of low-income, African American children on the preschool language scale-3

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 576-590

  Qi, Cathy Huaqing ^a,b   Kaiser, Ann P ^a   Milan, Stephanie E ^a,c   Yzquierdo, Zina ^a   Hancock, Terry B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Assessment; Children; Language; Low income

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0038119920     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2003/046)     Document Type: Article

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