Peer and teacher ratings of third- and fourth-grade children's social behavior as a function of early maternal employment

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-488

  Youngblade, Lise M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavior problems; Child care stability; Day care; Early maternal employment; Prosocial behavior; Social behavior; Social class; Social skills; Socioemotional development

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TEACHER; VIOLENCE; WORK RESUMPTION;

AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD CARE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACULTY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0043135043     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00138     Document Type: Article

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