Psychological costs of growing up poor

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1136, Issue , 2008, Pages 324-332

  Dearing, Eric ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Family income; Poverty; Social emotional development

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 45549094591     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.006     Document Type: Review

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