A framework for studying minority youths' transitions to fatherhood: The case of Puerto Rican adolescents

Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 160, 2005, Pages 709-727

  Erkut, Sumru ^a,d   Szalacha, Laura A ^b   Coll, Cynthia García ^c  

^a Wellesley Centers for Women   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREJUDICE; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 31044437448     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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