Pathways of disadvantage: Explaining the relationship between maternal depression and children's problem behaviors

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1546-1564

  Turney, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child wellbeing; Children's problem behaviors; Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study; Major depressive disorder; Maternal depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866554335     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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