Family Structure and Family Processes in Mexican-American Families

Family Process

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-91

  Zeiders, Katharine H ^a   Roosa, Mark W ^a   Tein, Jenn Yun ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent Adjustment; Mexican Americans; Single Parent Families

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY SIZE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CONFLICT; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SCHOOLS; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952085789     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01347.x     Document Type: Article

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