The Association Between Adolescents' Depressive Symptoms, Maternal Negative Affect, and Family Relationships in Hong Kong: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Findings

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 636-645

  Leung, Sharron S K ^a   Stewart, Sunita M ^b   Wong, Joy P S ^a   Ho, Daniel S Y ^a   Fong, Daniel Y T ^a   Lam, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent depressive symptoms; family relationships; Hong Kong Chinese; maternal negative affect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350376118     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016379     Document Type: Article

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