Maternal Regulating Behaviors Through Face-to-Face Play in First- and Second-Generation Chinese American and European American Mothers of Infants

Research in Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 289-307

  Liu, Cindy H ^a   Yang, Yang ^b   Fang, Shixin ^c   Snidman, Nancy ^d   Tronick, Ed ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 84887867487     PISSN: 15427609     EISSN: 15427617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427609.2013.846042     Document Type: Article

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