Testing the adaptation to poverty-related stress model: Predicting psychopathology symptoms in families facing economic hardship

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 646-657

  Wadsworth, Martha E ^a   Raviv, Tali ^b   Santiago, Catherine Decarlo ^c   Etter, Erica M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960551862     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2011.581622     Document Type: Article

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