Relation of home chaos to cognitive performance and behavioral adjustment of Pakistani primary school children

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 507-516

  Shamama Tus Sabah, Syeda ^a   Gilani, Nighat ^b   Wachs, Theodore D ^c  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

city; externalizing problems; gender; home chaos; intelligence; internalizing problems; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHER;

EID: 82455188165     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025411406852     Document Type: Article

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