Do Late Adolescent Fathers Have More Depressive Symptoms Than Older Fathers?

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1366-1381

  Lee, Yookyong ^a   Fagan, Jay ^a   Chen, Wan Yi ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Paternal depressive symptoms; Risk; Young fatherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866383159     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9717-8     Document Type: Article

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