Promoting First Relationships: Randomized Trial of a Relationship-Based Intervention for Toddlers in Child Welfare

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 271-286

  Spieker, Susan J ^a   Oxford, Monica L ^a   Kelly, Jean F ^a   Nelson, Elizabeth M ^a   Fleming, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

children in child welfare; clinical trials; foster care; home visiting; intervention research; parent infant dyads

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING;

EID: 84870951598     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559512458176     Document Type: Article

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