Investigating the relationship between teenage childbearing and psychological distress using longitudinal evidence

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-326

  Mollborn, Stefanie ^a   Morningstar, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950741729     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650905000305     Document Type: Article

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