Family Economic Stress, Quality of Paternal Relationship, and Depressive Symptoms Among African American Adolescent Fathers

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3067-3078

  Hunt, Tenah K A ^b   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^a   Assari, Shervin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent fathers; Conflict; Depressive symptoms; Economic stress; Paternal relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941421380     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-015-0112-z     Document Type: Article

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