The effects of childhoood family stress on women's depressive symptoms: A life course approach

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-100

  Forest, Kay B ^a   Moen, Phyllis ^a   Dempster McClain, Donna ^a  

^a Department of Sociology ^*

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EID: 0030306064     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1996.tb00666.x     Document Type: Article

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