The intergenerational congruence of mothers' and preschoolers' narrative affective content and narrative coherence

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 340-348

  Sher Censor, Efrat ^a   Grey, Izabela ^b   Yates, Tuppett M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coherence; expressed emotion; five minute speech sample; intergenerational congruence; MacArthur Story Stem Battery; narratives; parent child relations; preschool; representations

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINGUISTICS; MACARTHUR STORY STEM BATTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NARRATIVE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84880309290     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025413482760     Document Type: Article

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