Maternal reminiscing style during early childhood predicts the age of adolescents' earliest memories

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 496-505

  Jack, Fiona ^a   MacDonald, Shelley ^b   Reese, Elaine ^a   Hayne, Harlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65349195213     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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