Romanticism and self-esteem among teen mothers

Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 128, 1997, Pages 810-824

  Medora, Nilufer P ^b   Von Der Hellen, Cheryl ^a  

^a Pregnant Minor Program   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATION; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENT; PATERNITY; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STATISTICS; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATION; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; MOTHERS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SELF-PERCEPTION; SEX EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031301733     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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