Book reading styles in dual-parent and single-mother families

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-515

  Blake, Joanna ^a   Macdonald, Silvana ^a   Bayrami, Lisa ^a   Agosta, Vanessa ^a   Milian, Andrea ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SINGLE PARENT;

BOOKS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; READING; SINGLE PARENT;

EID: 33749322979     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709905X49719     Document Type: Article

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