Disentangling the Temporal Relationship Between Parental Depressive Symptoms and Early Child Behavior Problems: A Transactional Framework

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-90

  Bagner, Daniel M ^a   Pettit, Jeremy W ^a   Lewinsohn, Peter M ^b   Seeley, John R ^b   Jaccard, James ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871858842     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2012.715368     Document Type: Article

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