Predicting adolescent mothers' transition to adulthood

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 457-478

  Mylod, Deirdre E ^a   Whitman, Thomas L ^a   Borkowski, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; JUVENILE; MOTHER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; INDIANA; MOTHERS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; INDIANA; MOTHERS; NORTH AMERICA; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031485939     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327795jra0704_6     Document Type: Article

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