Single mothers of children with developmental disabilities: The impact of multiple roles

Family Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-12

  Gottlieb, Alison Stokes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Developmental disabilities; Employment; Intimate partner; Multiple roles; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030613681     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585601     Document Type: Article

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