Predictors of maternal language to infants during a picture book task in the home: Family SES, child characteristics and the parenting environment

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-226

  Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^a   Pancsofar, Nadya ^a   Willoughby, Mike ^a   Odom, Erica ^a   Quade, Alison ^a   Cox, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Infancy; Maternal language; Parenting; Picture book task; SES

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649128709     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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