Children's empathic representations in relation to early caregiving patterns among low-income African American mothers

Family Stories and the Life Course: Across Time and Generations

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 109-131

  Robinson, JoAnn ^a   Eltz, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410610300     Document Type: Chapter

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