Psychological adjustment in parents of young children with atopic dermatitis: Which factors predict parental quality of life?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 304-311

  Warschburger, P ^a   Buchholz, H Th ^b   Petermann, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Atopic dermatitis; Disease severity; Parents; Psychological; Quality of life; Young children

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542611516     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05743.x     Document Type: Article

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