Cognitive aspects of young children's experience of economic disadvantage

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 723-746

  Heberle, Amy E ^a   Carter, Alice S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Economic disadvantage; Poverty; Social cognitive processes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934868183     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bul0000010     Document Type: Article

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