Single Black Mothers' Role Strain and Adaptation across the Life Course

Journal of African American Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-98

  Mendenhall, Ruby ^a   Bowman, Phillip J ^b   Zhang, Libin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Black mothers; Life course; Resiliency; Role strain and adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873749095     PISSN: 15591646     EISSN: 19364741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12111-012-9220-7     Document Type: Article

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