Girls' and mothers' social anxiety, social skills, and loneliness: Associations after accounting for depressive symptoms

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 148-154

  Stednitz, Jayme N ^a   Epkins, Catherine C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 32344451278     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3501_13     Document Type: Article

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