Anglo-American and Mexican American Adolescent Mothers: Caregiving, Approval, and Family Functioning.

Records, Kathryn A.

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Publication Date: 1994

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Anglo-American and Mexican American Adolescent Mothers: Caregiving, Approval, and Family Functioning.

Records, Kathryn A.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v16 n4 p487-99 Nov 1994

The 4-stage Adolescent Family Assessment Model was tested with 114 Anglo-American and Mexican-American adolescent mothers. The two ethnic groups differed in the relationships among knowledge of infant care, caregiving behaviors, family approval, peer approval, family functioning, and demographic characteristics. (SV)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Anglo Americans, Cultural Differences, Early Parenthood, Family Relationship, Infant Care, Mexican Americans, Models, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship

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Language: English

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