Studying the effects of early child care experiences on the development of children of color in the United States: Toward a more inclusive research Agenda

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1227-1244

  Johnson, Deborah J ^a   Jaeger, Elizabeth ^b   Randolph, Suzanne M ^c   Cauce, Ana Mari ^d   Ward, Janie ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0142104904     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00604     Document Type: Review

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