Family involvement in school and low-income children's literacy: Longitudinal associations between and within families

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 653-664

  Dearing, Eric ^a   Kreider, Holly ^b,d   Simpkins, Sandra ^c   Weiss, Heather B ^b,d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child literacy; Educational involvement; Longitudinal methods; Low income; Maternal education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750968809     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.98.4.653     Document Type: Article

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