Mothers' depressive symptoms and children's facial emotions: Examining the depression-inhibition hypothesis

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 195-210

  Dix, Theodore ^a   Meunier, Leah N ^a   Lusk, Kathryn ^a   Perfect, Michelle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS;

EID: 84856632740     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000770     Document Type: Article

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