Chaos, poverty, and parenting: Predictors of early language development

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-351

  Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^a   Garrett Peters, Patricia ^a,b   Willoughby, Michael ^a   Mills Koonce, Roger ^a,b   Cox, Martha ^b   Blair, Clancy ^b   Burchinal, Peg ^b   Burton, Linda ^b   Crnic, Keith ^b   Crouter, Nan ^b   Granger, Doug ^b   Greenberg, Mark ^b   Lanza, Stephanie ^b   Miccio, Adele ^b   Skinner, Deborah ^b   Stifter, Cynthia ^b   Werner, Emily ^b   Willoughby, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chaos; Early childhood; Language; Parenting; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864007889     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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