Child Regulation of Negative Emotions and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Parental Emotion Socialization

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 402-415

  Sanders, Wesley ^a   Zeman, Janice ^b   Poon, Jennifer ^c   Miller, Rachel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Emotion regulation; Emotion socialization; Fathers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921868539     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: 15732843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-013-9850-y     Document Type: Article

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