Life stress, maternal optimism, and adolescent competence in single mother, African American families

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 468-477

  Taylor, Zoe E ^a   Larsen Rife, Dannelle ^b   Conger, Rand D ^a   Widaman, Keith F ^a   Cutrona, Carolyn E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood adversity; Economic stress; Optimism; Resilience; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SINGLE PARENT; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956331322     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019870     Document Type: Article

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