Parenting with mild intellectual deficits: Parental expectations and the educational attainment of their children

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 340-354

  Taylor, Julie Lounds ^a   Hurd, Heather Doescher ^b   Seltzer, Marsha Mailick ^c   Greenberg, Jan S ^c   Floyd, Frank J ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Silver Psychology Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956629884     PISSN: 19447558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-115.4.340     Document Type: Article

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