Parenting practices among Dominican and Puerto Rican mothers

Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-30

  Guilamo Ramos, Vincent ^a   Dittus, Patricia ^b   Jaccard, James ^c   Johansson, Margaret ^a   Bouris, Alida ^a   Acosta, Neifi ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Latino families; Parenting practices; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947579337     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/52.1.17     Document Type: Article

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