Maternal depression, children's attachment security, and representational development: An organizational perspective

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 192-208

  Toth, Sheree L ^a   Rogosch, Fred A ^a   Sturge Apple, Melissa ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AWARENESS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 59949102453     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01254.x     Document Type: Article

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