Family stress, perceived social support and coping following the diagnosis of a child's congenital heart disease

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 190-198

  Ran Tak, Young ^a   McCubbin, Marilyn ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adjustment; Child; Chronic illness; Congenital heart disease; Family coping; Family stress; Perceived social support; Resiliency model of family stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036636419     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02259.x     Document Type: Article

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