Teen mothers and their teenaged children: The reciprocity of developmental trajectories

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-365

  SmithBattle, Lee ^a   Leonard, Victoria Wynn ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UCSF California Childcare Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mothers; Agency; Family research; High risk children; Longitudinalresearch; Mothering; Multigenerational research; Teenage mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845301679     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200610000-00008     Document Type: Review

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