Stress in parents of adults with intellectual disabilities attending special olympics competitions

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-270

  Weiss, Jonathan A ^a   Diamond, Terry ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Intellectual disability; Parents; Stress; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844533868     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2005.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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