An Idiographic and Nomothetic Approach to the Study of Mexican-Origin Adolescent Mothers’ Socio-cultural Stressors and Adjustment

Prevention Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 386-396

  Zeiders, Katharine H ^a   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^a   Updegraff, Kimberly A ^a   Jahromi, Laudan B ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stressors; Adolescent mothers; Depressive symptoms; Discrimination; Enculturative stressors; Mexican origin youth; Risk taking behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84939898084     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: 15736695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-014-0502-2     Document Type: Article

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