Satisfaction with parenting: A comparison between adolescent mothers and fathers

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 677-687

  Thompson, Stacy D ^a   Walker, Andrea C ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mothers; Adolescent parenting; Fathers; Parenting satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843147073     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000027569.27653.8e     Document Type: Article

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