Prevention of familial transmission of depression through a family-oriented programme targeting parenting as well as the child's social competence

Journal of Children's Services

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-20

  Stemmler, Mark ^a   Kötter, Charlotte ^b   Bühler, Anneke ^b   Jaursch, Stefanie ^a   Beelmann, Andreas ^c   Lösel, Friedrich ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b IFT INSTITUT FÜR THERAPIEFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child training; Children; Depression; Familial transmission; Family; Maternal depression; Mental health; Parenting training; Parents; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871433026     PISSN: 17466660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17466661311309754     Document Type: Article

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