Stress, social support and depression in single and married mothers

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 442-449

  Cairney, John ^a,b   Boyle, Michael ^c   Offord, David R ^c   Racine, Yvonne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Single mothers; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0042329868     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0661-0     Document Type: Article

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