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Research on children of affectively ill parents: Some considerations for theory and research on normal development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

Marian Radke-Yarrow  and
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
Marian Radke-Yarrow
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health
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Abstract

Research in developmental psychopathology is used to examine and propose questions, concepts, and methods in the investigation of child development in the contexts of dysfunctional and well families. The adequacy of the data base for investigating the course of development, representing the socialization process, and identifying individualities and universals in development is discussed. A number of research issues that have been studied primarily in developmental psychopathology are recommended as relevant to normal child development. Multidomain and multisource longitudinal data are proposed as the means for better delineating development and for testing alternative models of developmental processes. Examples of data and experience are drawn from longitudinal studies of affectively ill parents and their children. Differences in the perspectives and approaches of normal child development research and developmental child psychopathology are discussed. The usefulness of thinking of two disciplines, normal child development and child development psychopathology, is questioned.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 349 - 366
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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