Siblings of adults with mental retardation or mental illness: Effects on lifestyle and psychological well-being

Family Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 395-405

  Seltzer, Marsha Mailick ^a   Greenberg, Jan S ^b   Krauss, Marty Wyngaarden ^b   Gordon, Rachel M ^b   Judge, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caregiving; Disability; Intergenerational relations; Mental illness; Mental retardation; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031240236     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585099     Document Type: Article

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