Child Well-Being in Single-Mother Families

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-82

  Lipman, Ellen L ^a,b   Boyle, Michael H ^a   Dooley, Martin D ^a   Offord, David R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child behavior; Epidemiology; Parenting; Risk factors; Single mother

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSTILE PARENTING; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEPRESSION; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATH SCORE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; WELLBEING; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036370241     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200201000-00014     Document Type: Article

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