Maternal and paternal imprisonment in the stress process

Social Science Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 650-669

  Foster, Holly ^a   Hagan, John ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Mental health; Parental incarceration; Stress process; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876076177     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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