Children enrolled in public pre-K: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-276

  Barbarin, Oscar ^a   Bryant, Donna ^a   McCandies, Terry ^a   Burchinal, Margaret ^a   Early, Diane ^a   Clifford, Richard ^a   Pianta, Robert ^b   Howes, Carollee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FAMILY LIFE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; KINDERGARTEN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MARRIAGE; MATHEMATICS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHER;

APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33744998327     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.2.265     Document Type: Article

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