Childhood Poverty, Chronic Stress, Self-Regulation, and Coping

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-48

  Evans, Gary W ^a   Kim, Pilyoung ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Poverty; Self regulation; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873734221     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12013     Document Type: Article

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