Out-of-home placement of children with intellectual disability: Israeli-born parents vs. new immigrants from the ex-USSR

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-330

  Duvdevany, Ilana ^a   Vudinsky, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coping; Developmental disability; Emotional stress; Immigration; Mental retardation; Out of home placement; Social support

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

COPING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESSES; IMMIGRATION; MENTAL RETARDATION; OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISABILITY; FAMILY SUPPORT SCALE; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OUT OF HOME PLACEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE OF RESOURCES AND STRESS; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIAL EDUCATION; STRESS; USSR; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT CHILD; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; ISRAEL; MENTAL RETARDATION; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; USSR;

EID: 33645848499     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004356-200512000-00004     Document Type: Article

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