The longitudinal effects of stressful life events on adolescent depression are buffered by parent-child closeness

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 621-635

  Ge, Xiaojia ^a   Natsuaki, Misaki N ^a   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^b   Reiss, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILY STRESS; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADOLESCENT; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67651148369     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579409000339     Document Type: Article

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