Sense of coherence, parenting attitudes and stress among mothers of children with autism in Hong Kong

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-167

  Mak, Winnie W S ^a   Ho, Anna H Y ^a   Law, Rita W ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Parenting attitudes; Sense of coherence; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846963760     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2006.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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