The effects of family and neighborhood characteristics on the behavioral and cognitive development of poor black children: A longitudinal study

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 175-186

  Jackson, Aurora P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Maternal employment; Poverty; Single parent families; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEGRO; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1542645259     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025615427939     Document Type: Article

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