Correlates of depressed mothers' sensitivity toward their infants: The role of maternal, child, and contextual characteristics

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 747-756

  Van Doesum, Karin T M ^a   Hosman, Clemens M H ^b   Riksen Walraven, J Marianne ^a   Hoefnagels, Cees ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Prevention Research Center   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Maternal sensitivity; Mother child interaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL AVAILABILITY SCALE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VARIANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34249319477     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318040b272     Document Type: Article

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