The role of maternal responsivity in the development of children with intellectual disabilities

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 330-338

  Warren, Steven F ^a,b   Brady, Nancy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Communication; Emotional development; Language; Maternal responsivity; Social

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 36248982125     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20177     Document Type: Review

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