Improvements in maternal depression as a mediator of intervention effects on early childhood problem behavior

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 417-439

  Shaw, Daniel S ^a   Connell, Arin ^b   Dishion, Thomas J ^c   Wilson, Melvin N ^d   Gardner, Frances ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OREGON; PENNSYLVANIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA;

EID: 67651154589     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579409000236     Document Type: Article

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