Socialization of emotion and offspring internalizing symptoms in mothers with childhood-onset depression

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-136

  Silk, Jennifer S ^a   Shaw, Daniel S ^a   Prout, Joanna T ^a   O'Rourke, Flannery ^a   Lane, Tonya J ^a   Kovacs, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Internalizing symptoms; Maternal depression; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954622967     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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