When both parents may be a source of support and problems: An analysis of pregnant and parenting female African American adolescents' relationships with their mothers and fathers

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-348

  Davis, Anita A ^a   Rhodes, Jean E ^b   Hamilton Leaks, Jewell ^c  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Simpson Alternative High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; FRIENDS AND RELATIVES; HEALTH; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BLACKS; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; FRIENDS AND RELATIVES; HEALTH; INTERVIEWS; MENTAL HEALTH; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FERTILITY; HEALTH; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MENTAL HEALTH; NORTH AMERICA; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031306905     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327795jra0703_5     Document Type: Article

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