Defining characteristics and potential consequences of caretaking burden among children living in urban poverty

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-281

  McMahon, Thomas J ^a,c   Luthar, Suniya S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Childhood development; Dysfunctional family; Parent child relations; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POVERTY; SAMPLE SIZE; SIBLING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN AREA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; ROLE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34249794255     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.2.267     Document Type: Article

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