Illness appraisals in paediatric patients and their parents: A short scale

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-15

  Vollrath, Margarete ^a   Landolt, Markus A ^b   Ribi, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Illness appraisals; Measure; Parents; Stress theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142754127     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.63.1.3     Document Type: Article

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