Divorce and children's adjustment problems at home and school: The role of depressive/withdrawn parenting

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-142

  Wood, Jeffrey J ^a   Repetti, Rena L ^b   Roesch, Scott C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustment problems; depressive withdrawn parenting; divorce; preadolescence

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MODEL; MOTHER; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 10244240557     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-004-1881-6     Document Type: Article

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