Family stress, perception of pregnancy, and age of first menarche among pregnant adolescents

Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 126, 1997, Pages 260-269

  Ravert, April A ^a   Martin, Jennifer ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; FAMILY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LIFE EVENT; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FERTILITY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH REPORT; STRESS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENARCHE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031156535     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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