Early environmental correlates of maternal emotion talk

Parenting

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-152

  Garrett Peters, Patricia ^a   Mills Koonce, Roger ^b   Adkins, Daniel ^b   Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^b   Cox, Martha ^b  

^a Center for Developmental Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 47149113469     PISSN: 15295192     EISSN: 15327922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295190802058900     Document Type: Article

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