Effects of maternal sensitivity on low birth weight children's academic achievement: A test of differential susceptibility versus diathesis stress

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 693-701

  Jaekel, Julia ^a,b   Pluess, Michael ^c   Belsky, Jay ^d   Wolke, Dieter ^b,e  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic achievement; diathesis stress; Differential susceptibility; low birth weight; maternal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING;

EID: 84929286081     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12331     Document Type: Article

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