Bidirectional associations among sensitive parenting, language development, and social competence

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 374-393

  Barnett, Melissa A ^a   Gustafsson, Hanna ^b   Deng, Min ^c   Mills Koonce, W Roger ^d   Cox, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c 3 C Institute for Social Development   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Language development; Parenting; Sex differences; Social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868526540     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1750     Document Type: Article

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