Adolescent children of adolescent mothers: The impact of family functioning on trajectories of development

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-212

  Dahinten, V Susan ^a   Shapka, Jennifer D ^a   Willms, J Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behaviour problems; Educational attainment; Family factors; Teenage motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846502244     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9140-8     Document Type: Article

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