Correlates of stress level in Chinese mothers of a child with mental retardation

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-240

  Huang, W ^b   Rubin, S E ^a   Zhang, F ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child; China; Maternal stress; Mental retardation; Predictors of adaptation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

CHILD MENTAL RETARDATION; CHINESE MOTHER STRESS LEVEL; CONFUCIANISM; FORMAL SUPPORT; INFORMAL SUPPORT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT SCORE; MOTHER AGE; MOTHER ECONOMIC STATUS; PARENTING STRESS INDEX; SOCIETAL ATTITUDE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0032102531     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004356-199806000-00011     Document Type: Article

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