Maternal depressive symptoms and sensitivity are related to young children's facial expression recognition: The Generation R Study

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 333-345

  Székely, Eszter ^a   Lucassen, Nicole ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^b   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^b,c   Kok, Rianne ^a,b   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Herba, Catherine M ^a,d  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84898429540     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579413001028     Document Type: Article

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