Psychometric properties of the family support scale with head start families

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-77

  Hanley, Barbara ^a,d   Tassé, Marc J ^b   Aman, Michael G ^c   Pace, Pamela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Family support; Family support scale; Head start program; Low income families; Social support systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942479936     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022912130180     Document Type: Article

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