The Stability of Parenting: A Longitudinal Analysis of Inner-City African-American Mothers

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 455-467

  Forehand, Rex ^a   Jones, Deborah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African american; Inner city; Parenting; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842290583     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020935525335     Document Type: Article

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