Long-term effect of early relationships for african american children's academic and social development: An examination from kindergarten to fifth grade

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-171

  Iruka, Iheoma U ^a   Burchinal, Margaret ^a   Cai, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; African American; Mother child relationship; Social skills; Teacher child relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950536367     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798409353760     Document Type: Article

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