Adjustment in mothers and children with Asperger syndrome: An application of the double ABCX model of family adjustment

Autism

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-212

  Pakenham, Kenneth I ^a   Samios, Christina ^a   Sofronoff, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Diagnosis; Double ABCX model; Maternal adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 18844386245     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361305049033     Document Type: Article

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