Responsibility and adjustment in siblings of children with disabilities: Update and review

Families in Society

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-40

  Damiani, Victoria B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032622606     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.637     Document Type: Article

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