Socioeconomic Status and Parent-Child Relationships Predict Metacognitive Questions to Preschoolers

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 315-333

  Thompson, R Bruce ^a   Foster, Brandon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language; Metacognition; Preschool; Scaffolding; Socioeconomic status; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902325250     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-013-9256-4     Document Type: Article

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