Preschoolers’ narrative representations and childhood adaptation in an ethnoracially diverse sample

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 613-632

  Grey, Izabela K ^a   Yates, Tuppett M ^b  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustment; coherence; ethnicity; MacArthur Story Stem Battery; narratives; representation

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84911971231     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2014.962063     Document Type: Article

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