Family and social risk, and parental investments during the early childhood years as predictors of low-income children's school readiness outcomes

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 432-449

  Mistry, Rashmita S ^a   Benner, Aprile D ^b   Biesanz, Jeremy C ^c   Clark, Shaunna L ^a   Howes, Carollee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cumulative risk; Early childhood; Family processes; Poverty; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957729441     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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