Infant joint attention skill and preschool behavioral outcomes in at-risk children

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-291

  Sheinkopf, Stephen J ^a,d   Mundy, Peter ^b   Claussen, Angelika H ^b   Willoughby, Jennifer ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT JOINT ATTENTION SKILL; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PREDICTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 16544383846     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579404044517     Document Type: Article

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