Age-related parenting stress differences in mothers of children with spina bifida

Psychological Reports

Volumn 93, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1223-1232

  Macias, Michelle M ^a,c   Saylor, Conway F ^b   Rowe, Brandy P ^b   Bell, Nancy L ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b THE CITADEL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 1442352570     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.93.3f.1223     Document Type: Article

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