Evaluation of the better parenting programme in Jordan

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 587-598

  Al Hassan, Suha M ^a   Lansford, Jennifer E ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Intervention; Jordan; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956069745     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004431003654925     Document Type: Article

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