Perceptions and satisfaction with father involvement and adolescent mothers' postpartum depressive symptoms

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1109-1121

  Fagan, Jay ^a   Lee, Yookyong ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mother; Depression; Father involvement; Parenting competence; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954542826     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9444-6     Document Type: Article

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