Children's affect expression and frontal EEG asymmetry: Transactional associations with mothers' depressive symptoms

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-221

  Forbes, Erika E ^a   Shaw, Daniel S ^a   Silk, Jennifer S ^a   Feng, Xin ^a   Cohn, Jeffrey F ^a   Fox, Nathan A ^b   Kovacs, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Child effects; Frontal EEG asymmetry; Maternal depression; Negative affect

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 38349195595     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9171-y     Document Type: Article

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