Mexican-American and Anglo-American Mothers' Beliefs and Values about Child Rearing, Education, and Language Impairment

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 452-462

  Rodriguez, Barbara L ^a   Olswang, Lesley B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Children; Hispanics; Language disorders; Mothers; Multicultural issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0347479151     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2003/091)     Document Type: Article

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