Psychological functioning and coping among mothers of children with autism: A population-based study

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Montes, Guillermo ^a   Halterman, Jill S ^b  

^a Children's Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Health survey; National Survey of Children's Health; Psychological functioning; Resilience; United States

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34248148045     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2819     Document Type: Article

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