The influence of a big brothers program on the adjustment of boys in single-parent families

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-156

  Abbott, Douglas A ^a   Meredith, William H ^a   Self kelly, Rolee ^b   Davis, M Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands Omaha   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 0031085831     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989709601959     Document Type: Article

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