Depressive symptoms from kindergarten to early school age: Longitudinal associations with social skills deficits and peer victimization

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 28-

  Perren, Sonja ^a   Alsaker, Françoise D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 70449413847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-3-28     Document Type: Article

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