Maternal attention-directing strategies and infant focused attention during problem solving

Infancy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-250

  Bono, Michael A ^a   Stifter, Cynthia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 12744282254     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327078IN0402_05     Document Type: Article

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