Stressful events and psychological difficulties: Testing alternative candidates for sensitivity

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-113

  Laceulle, Odilia M ^a   O'Donnell, Kieran ^b   Glover, Vivette ^c   O'Connor, Thomas G ^d   Ormel, Johan ^a   Van Aken, Marcel A G ^e   Nederhof, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Prenatal anxiety; Psychological difficulties; Sensitivity; Stressful events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PEER GROUP; PRENATAL MATERNAL ANXIETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESSFUL EVENT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894338491     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-013-0436-4     Document Type: Article

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