Stability and individual change in depressive symptoms among mothers raising young children with ASD: Maternal and child correlates

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1270-1280

  Carter, Alice S ^a   Martínez Pedraza, Frances De L ^a   Gray, Sarah A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Depressive symptoms; Developmental psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 70449358448     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20634     Document Type: Article

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