Mother-child relationships, family context, and child characteristics as predictors of anxiety symptoms in middle childhood

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 593-604

  Kerns, Kathryn A ^a   Siener, Shannon ^a   Brumariu, Laura E ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79956072081     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000228     Document Type: Article

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