Childhood adultification in economically disadvantaged families: A conceptual model

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-345

  Burton, Linda ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life course; Childhood adultification; Ethnography; Low income families; Parentification; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548551367     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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