Parenting stress and depressive symptoms in postpartum mothers: Bidirectional or unidirectional effects?

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 406-415

  Thomason, Elizabeth ^a   Volling, Brenda L ^a   Flynn, Heather A ^b   McDonough, Susan C ^a   Marcus, Sheila M ^c   Lopez, Juan F ^c   Vazquez, Delia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal cognitions; Parenting stress; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTING STRESS INDEX SHORT FORM; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904664277     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: 19348800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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