Institutional care: Associations between inattention and early reading performance

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 480-487

  Roy, Penny ^a   Rutter, Michael ^b  

^a Department of Language and Communication Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family foster care; Inattention; Institutional care; Reading; Underachievement

Indexed keywords

ALEXIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD CARE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; TIME FACTORS; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 33645747215     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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