Adolescent expectations and desires about marriage and parenthood

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 943-963

  Plotnick, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PARENTS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 36148964805     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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