Extended parent-child separations: Impact on substance-abusing hispanic adolescents

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-52

  Mena, Maite P ^a   Mitrani, Victoria B ^b   Muir, Joan A ^a   Santisteban, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent behavior; Hispanics; Immigrants; Immigration; Mother child relations; Mother child separations; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249003468     PISSN: 15390136     EISSN: 17446155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2008.00134.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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