Maternal depression and adolescent behavior problems: An examination of mediation among immigrant Latino mothers and their adolescent children exposed to community violence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1227-1249

  Aisenberg, Eugene ^a   Trickett, Penelope K ^b   Mennen, Ferol E ^b   Saltzman, William ^c   Zayas, Luis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent behavior problems; Community violence; Latino; Maternal depression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIGRATION; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEGOTIATING; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34548321378     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507304292     Document Type: Article

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