Pathways Linking Parental Divorce with Adolescent Depression

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-148

  Aseltine Jr , Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BOSTON; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PARENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030167670     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137269     Document Type: Article

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