Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 747-756 , June 2007

Correlates of Depressed Mothers' Sensitivity Toward Their Infants: The Role of Maternal, Child, and Contextual Characteristics

,Accepted 21 December 2006.

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 This study was funded by agrant (9607.049.2) from ZonMw (The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development, Foundation for Children's Welfare Stamps Netherlands and RIAGG IJsselland (Community Mental Health Center).Disclosure: The authors have no financial relationships to disclose.

PII: S0890-8567(09)62154-7

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318040b272

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 747-756 , June 2007

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