The impact of maternal mental health and child's behavioural difficulties on attributions about child behaviours

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-79

  Cornah, Deborah ^a   Sonuga Barke, Edmund ^a   Stevenson, Jim ^a   Thompson, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037350081     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466503762842020     Document Type: Article

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