Exploring factors related to parenting competence among Navajo teenage mothers: Dual techniques of inquiry

Family Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-121

  Dalla, Rochelle L ^a   Gamble, Wendy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b University of Nebraska ^*

Author keywords

Adolescent parenting; American indian; Navajo reservation; Parenting competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031107002     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585035     Document Type: Article

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