Relationships between social support, stress and mother-child interactions in mothers with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 314-323

  Feldman, Maurice A ^a   Varghese, Jean ^a   Ramsay, Jennifer ^a   Rajska, Danuta ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0036433465     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2002.00132.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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