The first teenage pregnancy in the family: Does it affect mothers' parenting, attitudes, or mother-adolescent communication?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 306-319

  East, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent childbearing; Adolescent pregnancy; Hispanics; Parent adolescent communication; Parenting; Younger siblings' pregnancy risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033130284     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353750     Document Type: Article

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