Positive and negative events experienced by parents with acquired physical disabilities and their adolescent children

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 160-178

  Mazur, Elizabeth ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Negative events; Parents with disabilities; Positive events; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

EID: 33747448646     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.24.2.160     Document Type: Article

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