Elaboration and autonomy support in low-income mothers' reminiscing: Links to children's autobiographical narratives

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-389

  Leyva, Diana ^a   Reese, Elaine ^b   Grolnick, Wendy ^c   Price, Carrie ^c  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NARRATIVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 67649981084     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248370802678158     Document Type: Article

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