Developing and testing a measure of social support with Mexican-origin pregnant adolescents and their mother figures

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-397

  Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^a   Updegraff, Kimberly A ^a   White, Rebecca M B ^a   Herzog, Melissa J ^b   Pflieger, Jacqueline C ^c   Madden Derdich, Debra ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent mothers; measurement equivalence; social support; teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052496069     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986311412930     Document Type: Article

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