Contagious depression: Negative attachment cognitions as a moderator of the temporal association between parental depression and child depression

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-26

  Abela, John R Z ^a   Zinck, Suzanne ^a   Kryger, Shelley ^a   Zilber, Irene ^a   Hankin, Benjamin L ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61449181215     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374410802575305     Document Type: Article

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