Links between parenting styles, parent-child academic interaction, parent-school interaction, and early academic skills and social behaviors in young children of English-speaking Caribbean immigrants

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 238-252

  Roopnarine, Jaipaul L ^a   Krishnakumar, Ambika ^a   Metindogan, Aysegul ^a   Evans, Melanie ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic activities; Academic skills; Caribbean immigrant families; Parenting styles; School contact; Social behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646920902     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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