Developmental trends in self-regulation among low-income toddlers

Social Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-149

  Raikes, H Abigail ^a,f   Robinson, JoAnn L ^b   Bradley, Robert H ^c   Raikes, Helen H ^d   Ayoub, Catherine C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^d Gallup Inc   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk populations; Infant toddler; Mother child relations; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846646432     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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