The relationship between parental efficacy and depressive symptoms in a diverse sample of low income mothers

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 643-652

  O'Neil, Jennifer ^a   Wilson, Melvin N ^a   Shaw, Daniel S ^b   Dishion, Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Ethnicity; Low income; Mothers; Parental efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350620563     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-009-9265-y     Document Type: Article

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