Child, parent and family factors as predictors of adjustment for siblings of children with a disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 937-948

  Giallo, Rebecca ^a,b   Gavidia Payne, S ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Carers; Family; Intellectual disability; Parents; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; DOWN SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PARENTING; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33750741909     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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