Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms over her child's life span: Relation to adrenocortical, cardiovascular, and emotional functioning in children

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-225

  Gump, Brooks B ^a   Reihman, Jacki ^a   Stewart, Paul ^a   Lonky, Ed ^a   Darvill, Tom ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^b   Matthews, Karen A ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 65649127739     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579409000133     Document Type: Article

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