Developmental outcomes for children of young mothers

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 332-344

  Pogarsky, Greg ^a   Thornberry, Terence P ^b   Lizotte, Alan J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing problems; Intergenerational effects; Internalizing problems; Teen childbearing; Teen pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645723575     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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