Effects of child development accounts on early social-emotional development: An experimental test

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 265-271

  Huang, Jin ^a   Sherraden, Michael ^b   Kim, Youngmi ^c   Clancy, Margaret ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGES AND STAGES QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; OKLAHOMA; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84896761687     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.4643     Document Type: Article

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