Fathers' mental health as a protective factor in the relationship between maternal and child depressive symptoms

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-38

  Gere, Martina K ^a   Hagen, Kristine A ^a   Villabø, Marianne A ^a   Arnberg, Kasper ^b   Neumer, Simon Peter ^a   Torgersen, Svenn ^a  

^a Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

child; depression; fathers; moderation; mothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSION; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS;

EID: 84872110726     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22010     Document Type: Article

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