Contributions of Maternal Identity and Lifestyle to Young Children's Adjustment

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-117

  Preski, Sally ^a   Walker, Lorraine O ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child adjustment; Health behaviors; Lifestyle; Maternal identity; Preschool

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0031116459     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199704)20:2<107::AID-NUR3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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