The nature and support of adolescent mothers' life aspirations

Family Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-137

  Camarena, Phame M ^a   Minor, Kris ^b   Melmer, Theresa ^b   Ferrie, Cheryl ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent mothers; Aspirations; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032034271     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585616     Document Type: Article

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