Parental Expressed Emotion and Youth Psychopathology: New Directions for an Old Construct

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 863-873

  Peris, Tara S ^a   Miklowitz, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent psychopathology; Expressed emotion; Family dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT;

EID: 84945477176     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: 15733327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-014-0526-7     Document Type: Review

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