"We're tired, not sad": Benefits and burdens of mothering a child with a disability

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 150-163

  Green, Sara Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Burden; Caregiving; Disability; Mothers; Parenting; Stigma; USA

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; DISABILITY; PARENTAL CARE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPINA BIFIDA; STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751245900     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.025     Document Type: Article

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