The impact of child-related stressors on the psychological functioning of lower-income mothers after Hurricane Katrina

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1303-1324

  Lowe, Sarah R ^a   Chan, Christian S ^a   Rhodes, Jean E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

child related stressors; disasters; Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Rita; lower income mothers; mothering

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052626845     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11412492     Document Type: Article

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