Maternal Affective Disorder and Children's Representation of Their Families

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 822-832

  Arteche, Adriane ^a   Murray, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Depression; Draw a family; Family representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255163511     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-011-9450-7     Document Type: Article

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