Promoting School Readiness in the Context of Socio-Economic Adversity: Associations with Parental Demoralization and Support for Learning

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 353-371

  Okado, Yuko ^a   Bierman, Karen L ^b   Welsh, Janet A ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Learning; Literacy; Low income; Parenting; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898542622     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-013-9242-x     Document Type: Article

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