Trajectories of Postpartum Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Children's Social Skills

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 414-423

  Wu, Yelena P ^a   Selig, James P ^b   Roberts, Michael C ^a   Steele, Ric G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child outcomes; Longitudinal; Maternal depression; Postpartum depression; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960142504     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-010-9407-2     Document Type: Article

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