Examining the effects of maternal chronic illness on child well-being in single parent families

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 386-391

  Annunziato, Rachel A ^a   Rakotomihamina, Volana ^a   Rubacka, Joseph ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing behavior; Internalizing behavior; Maternal chronic illness; Single parent families

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PARENT; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38449103099     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181132074     Document Type: Article

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