Parenting Stress and Abuse Potential in Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-251

  Rodriguez, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0011853195     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559597002003006     Document Type: Article

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