Mother-child relationship quality among adolescents and adults with autism

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-137

  Orsmond, Gael I ^a   Seltzer, Marsha Mailick ^b   Greenberg, Jan S ^b   Krauss, Marty Wyngaarden ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PESSIMISM; PREDICTION; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33646493552     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2006)111[121:MRQAAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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