Optimism and psychosocial functioning in caring for children with battens and other neurological diseases

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 3 PART 2, 2002, Pages 1129-1135

  Labbé, Elise E ^a   Lopez, Irma ^b   Murphy, Lisa ^b   O'Brien, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN DISEASES; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL CEROID-LIPOFUSCINOSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0036594560     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3c.1129     Document Type: Article

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