Mothers' Depression and Educational Attainment and their Children's Academic Trajectories

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-290

  Augustine, Jennifer March ^a   Crosnoe, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's Achievement; Depression; Maternal Education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SOCIOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MOTHERS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 78449292492     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146510377757     Document Type: Article

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