Effects of Maternal Negativity and of Early and Recent Recurrent Depressive Disorder on Children's False Belief Understanding

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-181

  Rohrer, Lisa M ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^a,b   Rogosch, Fred A ^b   Toth, Sheree L ^b   Maughan, Angeline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

False belief understanding; Maternal depressive disorder; Parent behavior; Timing of disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79551553883     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021305     Document Type: Article

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