The socioemotional development of 5-year-old children of postnatally depressed mothers

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1259-1271

  Murray, Lynne ^b   Sinclair, Dana ^c   Cooper, Peter ^c   Ducournau, Pierre ^c   Turner, Patricia ^c   Stein, Alan ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attachment; Behaviour problems; Longitudinal studies; Maternal depression; Parent child interaction; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLAY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 0032713043     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002196309900476X     Document Type: Article

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