Order in the house! Associations among household chaos, the home literacy environment, maternal reading ability, and children's early reading

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-472

  Johnson, Anna D ^a,c   Martin, Anne ^c   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a,d   Petrill, Stephen A ^b,e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Center for Children and Families   (United States)

^d Teachers College and College of Physicians and Surgeons

^e Department of Human Development and Family Science ^*

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EID: 57449119399     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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