Experiences of African American Adolescent Fathers

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 210-222

  Dallas, Constance M ^a   Chen, Shu Pi C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, MALE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE--MEN; BEHAVIOR; BLACKS--MEN; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; LIFE EVENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UNMARRIED FATHERS; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, MALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; ATTITUDE--MEN; BEHAVIOR; BLACKS--MEN; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FATHERS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNITED STATES; UNMARRIED FATHERS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; POVERTY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0032043627     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019394599802000206     Document Type: Article

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