Pregnancy acceptance, parenting stress, and toddler attachment in low-income black families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Ispa, Jean M ^a   Sable, Marjorie R ^a   Porter, Noriko ^a   Csizmadia, Annamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent parents; Adolescent pregnancy; African Americans; Infancy; Poverty; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846428386     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00339.x     Document Type: Review

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