Parental Socioeconomic Status, Communication, and Children's Vocabulary Development: A Third-Generation Test of the Family Investment Model

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1046-1062

  Sohr Preston, Sara L ^a   Scaramella, Laura V ^b   Martin, Monica J ^c   Neppl, Tricia K ^d   Ontai, Lenna ^c   Conger, Rand ^c  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877347751     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12023     Document Type: Article

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