The sibling experience: Growing up with a child who has pervasive developmental disorder or mental retardation

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 93-108

  Schuntermann, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Mental retardation; Parental differential treatment; Peers; Pervasive developmental disorder; Relational functioning; Resilience; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FRIENDSHIP; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELATIVE; REVIEW; SIBLING RELATION; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 34249109784     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220701432188     Document Type: Review

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