Maternal depression: Relations with maternal caregiving representations and emotional availability during the preschool years

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-90

  Trapolini, Tania ^a   Ungerer, Judy ^a   McMahon, Catherine ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregiving representations; Emotional availability; Maternal depression; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 41449084296     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730801900712     Document Type: Article

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