Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ466589
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Psychosocial Outcomes of Children of Unipolar Depressed, Bipolar, Medically Ill, and Normal Women: A Longitudinal Study.
Anderson, Carolyn A.; Hammen, Constance L.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v61 n3 p448-54 Jun 1993
Studied behavior problems, social competence, internalizing/externalizing behaviors, academic performance, and school behavior of 96 children (ages 8-16) of unipolar depressed, bipolar, medically ill, and psychiatrically normal women over 2 years. Children of unipolar mothers showed significantly poorer functioning on all measures; greater proportion of children in unipolar group had relatively chronic, clinically significant problems in psychosocial functioning. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Depression (Psychology), Diseases, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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