Personality, coping style and well-being of parents rearing children with developmental disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 949-962

  Glidden, L M ^a,b   Billings, F J ^a   Jobe, B M ^a  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoptive birth comparisons; Depression; Mother father comparisons; Parental personality; Subjective well being; Ways of coping

Indexed keywords

ADOPTED CHILD; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEUROSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 33750684624     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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