Some psychosocial aspects of nonlethal chondrodysplasias: IV. Dyadic scale of marital adjustment

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-21

  Hunter, Alasdair G W ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dwarfism; Dyadic scale; Marital adjustment; Psychosocial assessment; Skeletal dysplasia

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BONE DYSPLASIA; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; DWARFISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; DWARFISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031838754     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980616)78:1<17::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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