Early elementary school adjustment of maltreated children in foster care: The roles of inhibitory control and caregiver involvement

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1550-1564

  Pears, Katherine C ^a   Fisher, Philip A ^b   Bruce, Jacqueline ^a   Kim, Hyoun K ^a   Yoerger, Karen ^a  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 77956585404     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01491.x     Document Type: Article

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