The role of psychological factors on teenagers who become parents out-of-Wedlock

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 401-413

  Benoit, Marilyn B ^a  

^a Devereux Children's Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CRITIQUE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EVALUATION; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; ILLEGITIMACY; JUVENILE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; PARENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNMARRIED; UNMARRIED FATHERS; UNMARRIED MOTHERS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CRITIQUE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FATHERS; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHERS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNMARRIED; UNMARRIED FATHERS; UNMARRIED MOTHERS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHERS; ILLEGITIMACY; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; NORTH AMERICA; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE PERSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031290568     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-7409(97)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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