Maternal depression and co-occurring antisocial behaviour: Testing maternal hostility and warmth as mediators of risk for offspring psychopathology

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 112-120

  Sellers, Ruth ^a   Harold, Gordon T ^b   Elam, Kit ^c   Rhoades, Kimberly A ^d   Potter, Robert ^a   Mars, Becky ^a   Craddock, Nick ^a   Thapar, Anita ^a   Collishaw, Stephan ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Oregon Social Learning Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

antisocial behaviour; depression; disruptive behaviour; Hostility; mediation; warmth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEAT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDIATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; DEPRESSION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR; HOSTILITY; MEDIATION; WARMTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84892589198     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12111     Document Type: Article

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