Risk and protective factors affecting the adjustment of siblings of children with chronic disabilities

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1532-1541

  Fisman, Sandra ^a,f   Wolf, Lucille ^b   Ellison, Deborah ^a   Gillis, Bonnie ^c   Freeman, Tom ^a,d   Szatmari, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CPRI ^*

^c CPRI

^d Byron Family Medical Centre   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

disability; protection; risk; sibling adjustment; transactional mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISABILITY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING;

EID: 0029806018     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199611000-00023     Document Type: Article

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