Neighborhood contexts, fathers, and mexican american young adolescents' internalizing symptoms

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-166

  White, Rebecca M B ^a   Roosa, Mark W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Fathers; Mexican Americans; Neighborhoods; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855763256     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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