Modeling maternal emotion-related socialization behaviors in a low-income sample: Relations with toddlers' self-regulation

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-364

  Brophy Herb, Holly E ^a   Stansbury, Kathy ^a   Bocknek, Erika ^a   Horodynski, Mildred A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Head Start; Emotion related socialization behaviors; Self regulation; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864025663     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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