A comparative study of stress profiles in mothers of children with autism and those of children with down's syndrome

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 274-278

  Pisula, Ewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental disability; Down's syndrome; Parental stress; Stress profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247370641     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2006.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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