The Contributions of Parenting and Postnatal Depression on Emergent Language of Children in Low-Income Families

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-269

  Zajicek Farber, Michaela L ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS); Emergent language; Literacy activities; Parent child interaction; Parenting; Path SEM modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952098193     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-009-9293-7     Document Type: Article

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