Childhood adversities, parent-child relationships and dispositional optimism in adulthood

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 286-292

  Korkeila, Katariina ^a   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a,b,c   Suominen, Sakari ^d   Vahtera, Jussi ^e   Kivimäki, Mika ^e,f   Sundell, Jari ^a   Helenius, Hans ^a   Koskenvou, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d State Provincial Office of Western Finland   (Finland)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Childhood adversities; Dispositional optimism; LOT R; Parent child relationships; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; CHILD; CHILD REARING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINLAND; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 2942640445     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0740-x     Document Type: Article

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