The timing of maternal depressive symptoms and child cognitive development: A longitudinal study

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 632-640

  Evans, Jonathan ^a   Melotti, Roberto ^a   Heron, Jon ^a   Ramchandani, Paul ^b   Wiles, Nicola ^a   Murray, Lynne ^c   Stein, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child development; depression; intelligence; maternal depression; Perinatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861333276     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02513.x     Document Type: Article

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