Happiness, well-being, and character strengths: Outcomes for families and siblings of persons with mental retardation

Mental Retardation

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 360-364

  Dykens, Elisabeth M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHARACTER; FAMILY; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIBLING; SIBLING RELATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHARACTER; FAMILY; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 27544442588     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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