Disqualifying family communication and childhood social competence as predictors of offspring's mental health and hospitalization: A 10- to 14-year longitudinal study of children at risk of psychopathology

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 581-588

  Wichstrøm, Lars ^a   Anderson, Ann Martha Chmielewski ^b   Holte, Arne ^c   Wynne, Lyman C ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROGENY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 10244244990     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199610000-00001     Document Type: Article

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