Maternal depressive symptoms and child social preference during the early school years: Mediation by maternal warmth and child emotion regulation

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-377

  Kam, Chi Ming ^a   Greenberg, Mark T ^b   Bierman, Karen L ^b   Coie, John D ^c   Dodge, Kenneth A ^c   Foster, Michael E ^d   Lochman, John E ^e   McMahon, Robert J ^f   Pinderhughes, Ellen E ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional Competence; Maternal Depressive Symptoms; Mediation; Parent Child Interactional Style; Peer Relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79953825139     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-010-9468-0     Document Type: Article

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