Maternal involvement in preschool children's education in Japan: Relation to parenting beliefs and socioeconomic status

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 332-346

  Yamamoto, Yoko ^a   Holloway, Susan D ^a   Suzuki, Sawako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early literacy; Japan; Maternal role; Parent involvement; Parenting self efficacy; Preschool; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747837420     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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