The mediating role of self-criticism and dependency in the association between perceptions of maternal caring and depressive symptoms

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1149-1157

  Campos, Rui C ^a   Besser, Avi ^b   Blatt, Sidney J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dependency; depressive symptoms; parental bonding instrument; perceptions of early relationships; self criticism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF DEPRESSION SCALE; CRITICAL THINKING; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL BONDING INSTRUMENT; PERSONALITY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CRITICISM; SYMPTOM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PORTUGAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650034743     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20763     Document Type: Article

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