Social support and personal agency in at-risk mothers

Psychosocial Intervention

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-24

  Rodrigo, María José ^a   Byrne, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

at risk families; informal and formal use and source satisfaction; personal agency; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864273993     PISSN: 11320559     EISSN: 21734712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5093/in2011v20n1a2     Document Type: Article

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