Minority adolescent mothers who reported childhood sexual abuse and those who did not: Perceptions of themselves and their relationships

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-246

  Esperat, M Christina R ^a   Esparza, Delia V ^b  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterans Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MINORITY GROUP; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MINORITY GROUPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031133852     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612849709012491     Document Type: Article

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