Conversations around homework: Links to parental mental health, family characteristics and child psychological functioning

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-149

  Murray, Lynne ^a   Woolgar, Matt ^a   Martins, Carla ^b   Christaki, Anna ^a   Hipwell, Alison ^c   Cooper, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 33744514623     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151005X83568     Document Type: Article

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