A meta-analytic review of relationship-based interventions for low-income families with infants and toddlers: Facilitating supportive parent-child interactions

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 336-353

  Mortensen, Jennifer A ^a   Mastergeorge, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELATIONSHIP BASED INTERVENTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT DURATION; INFANT; NEWBORN; PARENT; POVERTY;

HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84904069429     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21451     Document Type: Article

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