Links between life course trajectories of family dysfunction and anxiety during middle childhood

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-53

  Pagani, Linda S ^a   Japel, Christa ^b   Vaillancourt, Tracy ^c   Côté, Sylvana ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood anxiety; Family dysfunction; Family functioning; Middle childhood

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; PHYLOGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM;

ANXIETY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 41149158682     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9158-8     Document Type: Article

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