Predicting placement in families who have children with severe handicaps: A longitudinal analysis

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 392-408

  Hanneman, Robert ^a   Blacher, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031935553     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(1998)102<0392:PPIFWH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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