Factors Related to Stress and Satisfaction with Life in Families of Children with Down's Syndrome

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 655-676

  Sloper, Patricia ^a   Knussen, Christina ^a   Turner, Stephen ^a   Cunningham, Cliff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; family functioning; fathers; stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FATHER; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; SATISFACTION; STRESS;

EID: 0025806614     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1991.tb00342.x     Document Type: Article

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