Maternal support for autonomy: Relationships with persistence for children with Down syndrome and typically developing children

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1023-1033

  Gilmore, Linda ^a   Cuskelly, Monica ^b   Jobling, Anne ^b   Hayes, Alan ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF FAMILY STUDIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Directiveness; Down syndrome; Maternal style; Persistence; Support for autonomy; Verbal strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 64649087509     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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