The Influence of Child Gender Role and Maternal Feedback to Child Stress on the Emergence of the Gender Difference in Depressive Rumination in Adolescence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 842-852

  Cox, Stephanie J ^a   Mezulis, Amy H ^a   Hyde, Janet S ^b  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion expression; Gender role; Maternal behavior; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954625744     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019813     Document Type: Article

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