Assessing the home literacy environments: Relationships to child language comprehension and expression

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-281

  Umek, Ljubica Marjanovič ^a   Podlesek, Anja ^a   Fekonja, Urška ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Family environment; Instrument development; Language development; Preschool child; Psychological assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844609436     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.21.4.271     Document Type: Review

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