Parental depressive symptoms, children's representations of family relationships, and child adjustment: Articles

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-305

  Cummings, E Mark ^a   Schermerhorn, Alice C ^a   Keller, Peggy S ^a   Davies, Patrick T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Fathering; Marital relations; Parental depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449156384     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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