Structural model of the effects of poverty on externalizing and internalizing behaviors of four-to five-year-old children

Social Work Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 143-154

  Eamon, Mary Keegan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing behaviors; Internalizing behaviors; Parenting practices; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039929230     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/24.3.143     Document Type: Article

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