Economic stress, social support, and maternal depression: Is social support deterioration occurring?

Social Work Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Gjesfjeld, Christopher D ^a   Greeno, Catherine G ^b   Kim, Kevin H ^b   Anderson, Carol M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic stress; Maternal depression; Mental health; Social support; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953309304     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: 15456838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/34.3.135     Document Type: Article

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