Mental health problems among single and partnered mothers: The role of financial hardship and social support

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-13

  Crosier, Timothy ^a,b   Butterworth, Peter ^a   Rodgers, Bryan ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial hardship; Mental health; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247470697     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0125-4     Document Type: Article

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