The mental health benefits of work: Do they apply to poor single mothers?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-87

  Zabkiewicz, Denise ^a,b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Employment; Mental health; Poverty; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PERSONALITY TEST; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SINGLE PARENT; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 76849112898     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0044-2     Document Type: Article

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