Breaking the chain: How grandparents moderate the transmission of maternal depression to their grandchildren

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 601-612

  Silverstein, Merril ^a   Ruiz, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Family systems; Grandchildren; Grandparents; Intergenerational transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751287462     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00429.x     Document Type: Review

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