Parental stress, care demands, and use of support services for school-age children with disabilities and behavior problems

Family Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-371

  Floyd, Frank J ^a   Gallagher, Erin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child behavior problems; Chronic illness; Family adaptation; Family stress; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031258659     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585096     Document Type: Article

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