Family emotional climate, depression, emotional triggering of asthma, and disease severity in pediatric asthma: Examination of pathways of effect

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 542-551

  Wood, Beatrice L ^a,b   Lim, JungHa ^a   Miller, Bruce D ^a   Cheah, Po Ann ^a   Simmens, Samuel ^a   Stern, Trudy ^a   Waxmonsky, James ^a   Ballow, Mark ^a  

^a School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Family; Pediatric asthma; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATH ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; AFFECT; CHILD; FAMILY; HOSPITALIZATION; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ASTHMA; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34547444977     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsl044     Document Type: Article

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