Specifying the links between household chaos and preschool children's development

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1247-1263

  Martin, Anne ^a   Razza, Rachel A ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chaos; early childhood development; home environment; television

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865035320     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2011.605522     Document Type: Article

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