Increases in parental investment and child health as a result of an early intervention

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-40

  Bugental, Daphne Blunt ^a   Beaulieu, David A ^a   Silbert Geiger, Amelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Evolutionary psychology; Home visitation; Parental investment; Parental resources; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 77649185558     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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