Examining the validity of the family investment and stress models and relationship to children's school readiness across five cultural groups

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-370

  Iruka, Iheoma U ^a   LaForett, Doré R ^a   Odom, Erika C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Family stress model; Investment model; Parenting; School readiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867870819     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028290     Document Type: Article

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