Parental competence among African American adolescent mothers and grandmothers

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 217-233

  Sadler, Lois S ^a   Anderson, Stephen A ^b   Sabatelli, Ronald M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035434159     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpdn.2001.25532     Document Type: Article

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