Emotional responses of children and adolescents to parents with multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 464-468

  Yahav, Rivka ^a   Vosburgh, Janine ^b   Miller, Ariel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b The Israel Multiple Sclerosis Society   (Israel)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Burden; Children; Family; Multiple sclerosis; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 22144456384     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458505ms1183oa     Document Type: Article

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