Comparison of severe life stress in depressed mothers and non-mothers: Do children matter?

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 109-117

  Feske, Ulrike ^a   Shear, M Katherine ^a   Anderson, Barbara ^a   Cyranowski, Jill ^a   Strassburger, Meredith ^a   Matty, Mary ^a   Luther, James ^a   Frank, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Life stress; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035011779     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.1026     Document Type: Article

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