The effects of a family support program and other factors on the home environments provided by adolescent mothers

Family Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-264

  Luster, Tom ^a   Perlstadt, Harry ^c   McKinney, Marvin ^b   Sims, Kathryn ^c   Juang, Linda ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b W K KELLOGG FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent mothers; Family support; Home environment; Intervention program; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030176805     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585497     Document Type: Article

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