Pathways to Violence in the Children of Mothers Who Were Depressed Postpartum

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1083-1094

  Hay, Dale F ^a   Pawlby, Susan ^b   Angold, Adrian ^c   Harold, Gordon T ^a   Sharp, Deborah ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0242467302     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.6.1083     Document Type: Article

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