Maternal distress influences young children's family representations through maternal view of child behavior and parent-child interactions

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-64

  Yoo, Yeon Soo ^a   Popp, Jill ^b   Robinson, Joann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral problems; Child narratives; Interaction quality; Maternal distress; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS;

EID: 84894903282     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-013-0377-7     Document Type: Article

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