Differential Susceptibility to Early Literacy Intervention in Children With Mild Perinatal Adversities: Short- and Long-Term Effects of a Randomized Control Trial

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 337-349

  van der Kooy Hofland, Verna A C ^a   van der Kooy, Jacoba ^b   Bus, Adriana G ^a   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Bonsel, Gouke J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differential susceptibility; Mild perinatal adversities; Randomized control trial; Short and long term effects; Web based early literacy intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873412719     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026984     Document Type: Article

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