Family income and its relation to preschool children's adjustment for families in the NICHD study of early child care

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 727-745

  Mistry, Rashmita S ^a   Biesanz, Jeremy C ^b   Taylor, Lorraine C ^c,d   Burchinal, Margaret ^c,d   Cox, Martha J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD CARE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444362078     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.40.5.727     Document Type: Article

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