Links between paternal depressive symptoms, parental sensitivity and children's responsiveness: A study on Israeli children with feeding disorders

Family Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-97

  Gueron Sela, Noa ^a   Atzaba Poria, Naama ^a   Barak Levy, Yael ^a   Meiri, Gal ^b   Yerushalmi, Baruch ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

depression; father child interaction; feeding disorders; mediation model; mother child interaction; parental sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858313962     PISSN: 19424620     EISSN: 19424639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2011.641333     Document Type: Article

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