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Sameroff, Arnold J.; Seifer, Ronald – Child Development, 1983
Examines components of familial risk in the context of a four-year longitudinal study of children with mentally ill mothers. Risk factors examined were parental mental health, social status, parental perspectives, and family stress. Interactions among risk factors were found to be complex and different for cognitive and social-emotional…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, High Risk Persons, Longitudinal Studies
Miller, Dorothy; And Others – 1972
How does a psychotic mother affect the emotional development of her child? Studies have found that mental illness in the family and intra-family conflict are important concomitants of neurosis, but most studies have failed to link the child's experiences with a mentally ill mother clearly with later development of a similar mental illness. Our own…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Criminals, Economically Disadvantaged