Mothers of children with spina bifida: Adaptational and stress processing

Children's Health Care

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-35

  Lemanek, Kathleen L ^a,d   Jones, Melanie L ^b   Lieberman, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPETENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPINA BIFIDA;

EID: 0034003688     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326888CHC2901_2     Document Type: Article

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