The role of culture in moderating the links between early ecological risk and young children's adaptation

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Feldman, Ruth ^a   Masalha, Shafiq ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD REARING; CHILDBIRTH; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALESTINE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMBOLISM; SYMPTOM; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ARABS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33947395729     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579407070010     Document Type: Article

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