Religiosity as a moderator of family conflict and depressive symptoms among African American and white young grandmothers

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-413

  Brown, Edna ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard ^b   Antonucci, Toni C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Religion and grandmothers; Religion and mental health; Religion and parent child relationships; Religion and teenage mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849096282     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911350802486718     Document Type: Article

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