Parent characteristics, economic stress and neighborhood context as predictors of parent involvement in preschool children's education

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 619-636

  Waanders, Christine ^a   Mendez, Julia L ^b   Downer, Jason T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological factors; Neighborhoods; Parent school relationship; Parental attitudes; Preschool teachers; Project Head Start

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248816384     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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