Does maternal supervision mediate the impact of income source on behavioral adjustment in children from persistently poor families?

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-66

  De Civita, Mirella ^a,c   Pagani, Linda S ^b   Vitaro, Frank ^b   Tremblay, Richard E ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disruptive behavior; Income source; Maternal supervision; Persistent poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846087719     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431606294826     Document Type: Article

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