Changing Family Structure and Youthful Well-Being: Assessing the Future

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 355-372

  Edwards, John N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CRITIQUE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY RESEARCH; FAMILY SIZE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NOMENCLATURE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CRITIQUE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY RESEARCH; LITERATURE REVIEW; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; TERMINOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CHANGE; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023530471     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019251387008004003     Document Type: Article

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