Maternal age and educational and psychosocial outcomes in early adulthood

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 479-489

  Fergusson, David M ^a   Woodward, Lianne J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Family factors; Longitudinal studies; Parenting; Psychosocial disorders; Teenage mothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0033051491     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098003722     Document Type: Article

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