Gender differences in emotional reactivity of depressed and at-risk preschoolers: Implications for gender specific manifestations of preschool depression

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-537

  Luby, Joan L ^a   Essex, Marilyn J ^b   Armstrong, Jeffrey M ^b   Klein, Marjorie H ^b   Zahn Waxler, Carolyn ^b   Sullivan, Jill P ^a   Goldsmith, H Hill ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFFECT; ANGER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70449674632     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374410902976312     Document Type: Article

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