Influence of Group Cohesion on Maternal Well-Being Among Participants in a Support/Education Group Program for Single Mothers

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 543-549

  Lipman, Ellen L ^a   Waymouth, Marjorie ^b   Gammon, Tara ^b   Carter, Patricia ^b   Secord, Margaret ^b   Leung, Olivia ^b   Mills, Brenda ^c   Hicks, Frances ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences McMaster Innovation Park   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

effectiveness study; group intervention; group process; single mother

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 38549176429     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.4.543     Document Type: Article

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