Children's skin conductance reactivity as a mechanism of risk in the context of parental depressive symptoms

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 436-445

  Cummings, E Mark ^a   El Sheikh, Mona ^b   Kouros, Chrystyna D ^a   Keller, Peggy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child adjustment; Depression; Fathering; Physiological reactivity; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 34249950272     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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