Contextual influences on children's mental health and school performance: The moderating effects of family immigrant status

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1572-1591

  Georgiades, Katholiki ^a   Boyle, Michael H ^a   Duku, Eric ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34648816881     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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