Sibling relationships when a child has autism: Marital stress and support coping

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-394

  Rivers, Jessica Wood ^b   Stoneman, Zolinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Marital stress; Siblings; Support coping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0141539493     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025006727395     Document Type: Article

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