Primary Relationship Scripts Among Lower-income, African American Young Adults

Family Process

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 234-249

  Eyre, Stephen L ^a   Flythe, Michelle ^a   Hoffman, Valerie ^b   Fraser, Ashley E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Health and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Afroamericanos; Investigaci n cualitativa; J venes adultos; Patrones; Qualitative research; Relaciones amorosas; Romantic relationships; Scripts; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOVE; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOVE; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862262615     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2012.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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