Mothers' and fathers' bookreading predicts preschoolers' development in Turkish immigrant and German families

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 27-39

  Jäkel, Julia ^a   Schölmerich, Axel ^a   Kassis, Wassilis ^b   Leyendecker, Birgit ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

cognitive and language skills; home literacy environment; mothers' and fathers' bookreading; socioeconomic status (SES); Turkish immigrant families

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880215092     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2011-11075     Document Type: Article

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