Social support and maternal depression from pregnancy to postpartum: the association with positive maternal behaviours among Brazilian adolescent mothers

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1053-1066

  Diniz, Eva ^a   Koller, Sílvia H ^a   Volling, Brenda L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent pregnancy; depression; maternal behaviours; observation; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929276125     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2014.978309     Document Type: Article

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