Focusing on family: Parent-child relationships and school readiness among economically impoverished Black children

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 442-456

  Anderson, Riana Elyse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black families; Family Stress Model; Low income; Poverty; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971500748     PISSN: 00222984     EISSN: 21676437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7709/jnegroeducation.84.3.0442     Document Type: Article

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