Parents of children with disabilities: Resilience, coping, and future expectations

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-171

  Heiman, Tali ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coping; Disability; Expectations; Parents; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036246505     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015219514621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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