Observations of early triadic family interactions: Boundary disturbances in the family predict symptoms of depression, anxiety, and attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder in middle childhood

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 577-592

  Jacobvitz, Deborah ^a   Hazen, Nancy ^a   Curran, Melissa ^a   Hitchens, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; FOLLOW UP; OBSERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 16644393954     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579404004675     Document Type: Article

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