PTSD and psychological distress in Icelandic parents of chronically ill children: Does social support have an effect on parental distress?

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-312

  Gudmundsdóttir, Hulda Solrun ^a   Elklit, Ask ^b   Gudmundsdóttir, Drifa Björk ^b  

^a Skolaskrifstofa Mosfellsbœjar ^*  (Iceland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children's chronic disease; Disease related stressors; Parental distress; PTSD; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33745888691     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2006.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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