Family instability and children's effortful control in the context of poverty: Sometimes a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 685-696

  Sturge Apple, Melissa L ^a,b   Davies, Patrick T ^a,b   Cicchetti, Dante ^b,c   Hentges, Rochelle F ^a   Coe, Jesse L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Mt Hope Family Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONTROL;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; SELF-CONTROL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84984678886     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579416000407     Document Type: Article

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