Maternal scaffolding behavior: Links with parenting style and maternal education

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 543-551

  Carr, Amanda ^a   Pike, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maternal education; Maternal scaffolding; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862983607     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025888     Document Type: Article

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