Maternal self-assessed health and emotionality predict maternal response to child illness

Children's Health Care

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-79

  Scalzo, Cori ^a   Williams, Paula G ^b   Holmbeck, Grayson N ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NEUROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 15244342630     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326888chc3401_5     Document Type: Article

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