Human development in societal context

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2010, Pages 411-437

  Huston, Aletha C ^a   Bentley, Alison C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Ecological theory; Policy; Poverty; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; HUMAN; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; POVERTY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; HUMANS; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77449143456     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.093008.100442     Document Type: Article

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