Children's Responses to Low Parental Mood. I: Balancing between Active Empathy, Overinvolvement, Indifference, and Avoidance

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 278-286

  Solantaus Simula, Tytti ^a,b,f   Punamäki, Raija Leena ^c,d   Beardslee, William R ^e  

^a Natl Res and Development Centre   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Stakes   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children's responses; Parental low mood

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FATHER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MOTHER; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 0036519227     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200203000-00007     Document Type: Article

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