Resources and Strategies: How Parents Cope with the Care of a Disabled Child

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 171-209

  Beresford, Bryony A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; coping; disability; Families

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; FAMILY LIFE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028009641     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1994.tb01136.x     Document Type: Article

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