Parenting behaviours among low-income mothers of preschool age children in the USA: Implications for parenting programmes

International Journal of Early Years Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-157

  Rafferty, Yvonne ^a   Griffin, Kenneth W ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Head Start; Family conflict; Family resources; Maternal depression; Parental distress; Parenting behaviours

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959902327     PISSN: 09669760     EISSN: 14698463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669760.2010.494428     Document Type: Article

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