Within-child associations between family income and externalizing and internalizing problems

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-252

  Dearing, Eric ^a   McCartney, Kathleen ^b,d   Taylor, Beck A ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing problems; Family structure; Internalizing problems; Maternal employment; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645664975     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.2.237     Document Type: Article

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