Family Status and Mental Health: Recent Advances and Future Directions

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 405-431

  Umberson, Debra ^a   Thomeer, Mieke Beth ^a   Williams, Kristi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Gender; Marital Status Mental health; Marriage; Parenthood; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85072170759     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4276-5_20     Document Type: Chapter

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