Parenting stress among mothers of Malaysian children with cerebral palsy: Predictors of child- and parent-related stress

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 301-307

  Ong, L C ^a,d   Afifah, I ^a   Sofiah, A ^b   Lye, M S ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Paediatrics   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

EID: 0031732286     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747964     Document Type: Article

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