Parental timing and depressive symptoms in early adulthood

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Falci, Christina D ^a   Mortimer, Jeylan T ^b   Noel, HarmoniJoie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mastery; Mental health; Parental timing; Stress exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957236073     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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