The parenting project for teen mothers: The impact of a Nurturing Curriculum on adolescent parenting skills and life Hassles

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 240-245

  Woods, Elizabeth R ^a   Obeidallah Davis, Dawn ^b   Sherry, Mollie K ^a   Ettinger, Sherri L ^a   Simms, Ephlyn U ^a   Dixon, Rebecca R ^a   Missal, Sylvia M ^a   Cox, Joanne E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurturing curriculum; Parenting groups; Parenting skills; Psychoeducational groups; Teen parents; Teen pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPATHY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; ROLE PLAYING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SKILL;

EID: 0141928178     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2003)003<0240:TPPFTM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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