Relations between housing characteristics and the well-being of low-income children and adolescents

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1775-1789

  Coley, Rebekah Levine ^a   Leventhal, Tama ^b   Lynch, Alicia Doyle ^a   Kull, Melissa ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing; Housing policy; Low income families; Poverty; Residential stability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883505802     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031033     Document Type: Article

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