Negative thinking and the mental health of low-income single mothers

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-344

  Peden, Ann R ^a,b   Rayens, Mary Kay ^b   Hall, Lynne A ^a   Grant, Elizabeth ^b  

^a Delta Psi ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Negative thinking; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; NEGATIVISM; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13744258594     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2004.04061.x     Document Type: Article

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