The Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Parenting on Language Development in Early Childhood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 544-557

  Pungello, Elizabeth P ^a   Iruka, Iheoma U ^a   Dotterer, Aryn M ^a   Mills Koonce, Roger ^a   Reznick, J Steven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

language development; parenting; race; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPREHENSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 63149118677     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013917     Document Type: Article

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