Correlates and antecedents of nine-month infant behavior and mother-infant interaction*
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Margaret Fish was a graduate student in Child Development at the University of California, Davis. This investigation was partially funded through the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, Davis. The authors thank Meri Coleman for her assistance in data collection.