Social support and low-income, urban mothers: Longitudinal associations with adolescent delinquency

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1097-1108

  Ghazarian, Sharon R ^a   Roche, Kathleen M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent delinquency; Maternal engagement; Social network support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; POVERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954539547     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9544-3     Document Type: Article

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