Depressive symptoms in young adults: The influences of the early home environment and early educational child care

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 746-756

  McLaughlin, Andrea E ^a   Campbell, Frances A ^a   Pungello, Elizabeth P ^a   Skinner, Martie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248665564     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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