Does the Quality of Stimulation and Support in the Home Environment Moderate the Effect of Early Education Programs?

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2110-2122

  Bradley, Robert H ^a   Mckelvey, Lorraine M ^b   Whiteside Mansell, Leanne ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 81355151588     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01659.x     Document Type: Article

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