Prenatal stress and risk of behavioral morbidity from age 2 to 14 years: The influence of the number, type, and timing of stressful life events

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 507-520

  Robinson, Monique ^a   Mattes, Eugen ^a   Oddy, Wendy H ^a   Pennell, Craig E ^a   Van Eekelen, Anke ^a   McLean, Neil J ^a   Jacoby, Peter ^a   Li, Jianghong ^b   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a   Zubrick, Stephen R ^b   Stanley, Fiona J ^a   Newnham, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79956115569     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000241     Document Type: Article

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