Family type and depression in pregnancy: Factors mediating risk in a community sample

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 757-770

  O'Connor, Thomas G ^a   Neil Hawkins, And ^a   Dunn, Judy ^a   Thorpe, Karen ^b   Golding, Jean ^b  

^a Social   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Single parents; Stepparents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040249101     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353544     Document Type: Article

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