Relationships between psychosocial factors and abusive parenting attitudes in low-income single mothers

Nursing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 158-167

  Lutenbacher, Melanie ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family violence; Maternal mental health; Parenting attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTING; POVERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036584723     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200205000-00004     Document Type: Article

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