Associations between family relationships and symptoms/strengths at kindergarten age: What is the role of children's parental representations?

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 996-1004

  Stadelmann, Stephanie ^a   Perren, Sonja ^b   Von Wyl, Agnes ^a   Von Klitzing, Kai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Family environment; Kindergarten age; Parental representations; Play narratives; Pro social behaviour; Psychopathology; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERVIEW; KINDERGARTEN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NARRATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34948880689     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01813.x     Document Type: Article

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