Income poverty, poverty co-factors, and the adjustment of children in elementary school

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue , 2006, Pages 91-129

  Ackerman, Brian P ^a   Brown, Eleanor D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 34147154127     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2407(06)80005-4     Document Type: Article

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