Emotion regulation strategies in offspring of childhood-onset depressed mothers

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Silk, Jennifer S ^a   Shaw, Daniel S ^a   Skuban, Emily M ^a   Oland, Alyssa A ^a   Kovacs, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood onset depression; Emotion regulation; Gender differences; Maternal depression; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRACTIBILITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; OBSERVATION; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTHERS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33645763292     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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