The relationship of parenting stress and child temperament to language development among economically disadvantaged preschoolers

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 823-843

  Noel, Melanie ^a   Peterson, Carole ^a,b   Jesso, Beulah ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Psychology Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERAMENT;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 53849129980     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000908008805     Document Type: Article

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