The role of depressogenic personality and attachment in the intergenerational similarity of depressive symptoms: A study with early adolescents and their mothers

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-297

  Brenning, Katrijn ^a   Soenens, Bart ^a   Braet, Caroline ^a   Bosmans, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

attachment; depressive symptoms; depressogenic personality; intergenerational similarity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651433428     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210393533     Document Type: Article

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